英语词汇“to rest one's eyes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. to rest one's eyes: to close one's eyes. Used humorously as a pretext for, or denial of, falling asleep.

ΚΠ

1829 N. L. Beamish Peace Campaigns Cornet I. x. 208 My dear Mrs. Sum, I assure you that I was not asleep; I was only resting my eyes.

1913 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. July 120/2 Sometimes you would think he would be resting his eyes, as some railroad men say when they deny being asleep.

1954 Times 22 May 6/4 The somnolence of which a commentator had accused him was nothing of the kind—only an attempt to rest tired eyes affected by the lighting in the Chamber.

2005 C. Castellani Saint of Lost Things 194 ‘You mind if I rest my eyes for a while?’ he asked, as he lay on the couch and propped his feet on the cushions.

单词	to rest one's eyes
释义	> as lemmas to rest one's eyes P7. to rest one's eyes: to close one's eyes. Used humorously as a pretext for, or denial of, falling asleep. ΚΠ 1829 N. L. Beamish Peace Campaigns Cornet I. x. 208 My dear Mrs. Sum, I assure you that I was not asleep; I was only resting my eyes. 1913 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen's Mag. July 120/2 Sometimes you would think he would be resting his eyes, as some railroad men say when they deny being asleep. 1954 Times 22 May 6/4 The somnolence of which a commentator had accused him was nothing of the kind—only an attempt to rest tired eyes affected by the lighting in the Chamber. 2005 C. Castellani Saint of Lost Things 194 ‘You mind if I rest my eyes for a while?’ he asked, as he lay on the couch and propped his feet on the cushions. extracted from restv.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	phalansterianism phalansterianisms phalansterians phalansteric phalansteries phalansterism phalansterist phalansterists phalanstery phalanstère phalanx phalanx spider phalanxed phalanxes phalaric phalarica phalarical phalaris phalaris staggers phalarism phalarope phalaropes phalera phalerae phalerate

> as lemmas