| 释义 |
chapel /chapˈəl/ noun- A place of Christian worship inferior or subordinate to a regular church, or attached to a house or institution
- An oratory in a mausoleum, etc
- A cell of a church containing its own altar
- A dissenters' place of worship, as of Nonconformists in England, Roman Catholics or Episcopalians in Scotland, etc
- A chapel service
- A body of musicians, such as a choir, an orchestra, or both, whether connected with a chapel or not
- A newspaper or printing office, or an association or trade union of printing workers or journalists
adjective Nonconformist ORIGIN: OFr capele, from LL cappella, dimin of cappa a cloak or cope; orig from the cloak of St Martin chapˈelry noun The jurisdiction of a chapel chapel cart see under cart chapel master noun (Ger Kapellmeister) a director of music chapel royal noun The oratory of a royal palace chapel of ease A chapel for worshippers living at some distance from the parish church father or mother of the chapel The president of a printing office or chairperson of a printers' or journalists' association or trade union branch lady chapel see under lady proprietary chapel A chapel that is private property ease /ēz/ noun- Freedom from pain or disturbance
- Rest from work
- Quiet, peace
- Freedom from difficulty
- Naturalness
- Unconstrained manner
- Wealth
transitive verb- To free from pain, trouble or anxiety
- To make comfortable
- To relieve
- To loosen or relax
- To make less difficult
- To calm
- To move gently
- To manoeuvre little by little
intransitive verb- To become less acute or severe (often with off or up)
- To move very gradually
- (of the price of shares, etc) to fall slightly
ORIGIN: OFr aise; cognate with Ital agio, Provençal ais and Port azo; ult from L adjacēns, see adjacent easeˈful adjective - Ease-giving
- Quiet, fit for rest
easeˈless adjective easeˈment noun - A right attaching to a piece of land entitling its owner to exercise some right over adjacent land owned by another person (law)
- Relief, easing (rare)
- Assistance (obsolete)
- Support (obsolete)
- Gratification (obsolete)
easˈer noun easeˈ-giving adjective at ease - Free from anxiety
- In a comfortably relaxed frame of mind or physical attitude
- (of soldiers) standing with feet apart, not at attention
chapel of ease see under chapel ease off - To slacken gradually
- To make or become less intense
ease oneself (archaic; euphemistic) To urinate or defecate ill at ease - Anxious
- Embarrassed or uneasy
- Uncomfortable
stand at ease (military) A command to soldiers, etc to stop standing at attention, to stand with feet apart take one's ease To make oneself comfortable |