释义 |
qui·e·tus \kwīˈēd.əs, -ētəs\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English quietus (est), from Medieval Latin, (he is) discharged, acquitted 1. a. : final discharge or acquittance (as from debt or obligation) : final settlement : extinction < obtained a quietus of the sum owed > b. archaic : discharge from office or duty c. : release; specifically : a proceeding in a probate court whereby an administrator obtains a full discharge 2. : removal from or extinction of activity; especially : death < met their quietus without protest > 3. : something that produces a cessation of activity : something that quiets or represses < this disaster … had the effect of a quietus — Susan E. Ferrier > 4. : a period of inactivity < the long quietus of thirty years — C.R.Anderson > |