单词 | at rest |
释义 | at restSEE SYNONYMS FOR at rest ON THESAURUS.COM In a state of inactivity or repose, either physical or mental. For example, The doctor's clear explanation put her mind at rest. Chaucer used this idiom in Troilus and Cressida (c. 1374): “I mine heart set at rest upon this point.” Also see lay at rest. Dead, as in His soul is now at rest with his forebears. This usage, employing rest to refer to death's repose, is less common today. [1300s] Words nearby at restatraumatic suture, atrazine, Atrek, atremble, atresia, at rest, atretic, Atreus, atria, atrial, atrial artery The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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