| 单词 | to take repose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (one's) repose P1. to take (one's) repose: to rest, sleep. ΚΠ a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 6404 Sin more ther-of I can noght propose, Of-fors moste I here take rest and repose. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 29 During the heats of summer, he commonly took his repose upon a bulk. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 296 'Tis thus the understanding takes repose In indolent vacuity of thought. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Spirit Haunts 14 As a sick man's room when he taketh repose An hour before death. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 61 When in the attitude of taking repose, the Lion is Couchant, or Dormant. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 20 They make their toilette and take their repose. 2008 Globe & Mail (Nexis) 5 June a3 When the Queen visits Toronto, she typically takes her repose at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. < as lemmas |
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