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单词 rest centres
释义

rest1 /rest/

noun
  1. Repose, refreshing inactivity
  2. Intermission of or freedom from motion or disturbance
  3. Tranquillity
  4. Repose of death
  5. Invigoration by resting (Shakespeare)
  6. A place for resting
  7. A prop or support (eg for a book, a snooker cue, a violinist's chin)
  8. Motionlessness
  9. A pause in speaking or reading
  10. An interval of silence in music, or a mark indicating it
intransitive verb
  1. To repose
  2. To be at ease
  3. To be still
  4. To be supported (on)
  5. To lean (on)
  6. To put trust in (with on)
  7. To have foundation in (with on)
  8. To settle, alight
  9. To remain
  10. (esp of an actor or actress) to be temporarily unemployed (informal; facetious)
  11. To finish the introduction of evidence in a case (law)
transitive verb
  1. To give rest to
  2. To place or hold in support (on)
  3. To lean (on)
  4. To base (on)
  5. (reflexive) to give (oneself) rest or (obsolete) to rely (upon)
ORIGIN: OE rest, ræst; Ger Rast, Du rust; converging and merging in meaning with rest2,3

restˈer noun

restˈful adjective

  1. At rest
  2. Rest-giving
  3. Tranquil

restˈfully adverb

restˈfulness noun

restˈing noun and adjective

restˈless adjective

  1. Unresting, not resting, sleeping or relaxing
  2. Never still
  3. Uneasily active
  4. Impatient (of) (Pope)
  5. Impatient of inactivity or of remaining still
  6. Never-ceasing
  7. Unrestful, giving or allowing no rest

restˈlessly adverb

restˈlessness noun

rest centre noun

A place of shelter for numbers of people driven from their homes by an emergency

rest cure noun

Treatment consisting of inactivity and quiet

rest day noun

  1. A day of rest
  2. The first day of a three days' visit

rest home noun

An establishment for those who need special care and attention, eg invalids, elderly people, etc

rest house noun

A house of rest for travellers

resting place noun

  1. A place of rest
  2. A stair-landing (one's last resting place one's grave)

resting potential noun

The potential difference (qv) across the membrane of a nerve cell that is not conducting an impulse

resting spore noun

A spore that can germinate after a period of dormancy

resting stage noun

A state of suspended activity

rest mass noun (physics)

The mass of an object when it is at rest

rest room noun

A room in a building other than a private house with adjoining lavatories, etc

rest stop noun (N American)

A lay-by

at rest

  1. Stationary
  2. In repose, esp asleep or dead
  3. Free from disquiet

lay to rest

To bury or inter

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