| 释义 |
lay to rest
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | lay to rest - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"entomb, inhume, inter, burylay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
Translationsrest1 (rest) noun1. a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc. Digging the garden is hard work – let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems – I'm going to take a week's holiday. 休息 休息2. sleep. He needs a good night's rest. 睡眠 睡眠3. something which holds or supports. a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat. 支架，托，墊 支架，托 4. a state of not moving. The machine is at rest. 靜止 静止 verb1. to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy. We've been walking for four hours – let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs. 休息 休息2. to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired. Mother is resting at the moment. 睡覺，躺下或靜坐休息 （躺下）休息 3. to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something. Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels. 靠在 靠在...上4. to relax, be calm etc. I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught. 放鬆，平靜下來 使轻松，平静安心 5. to (allow to) depend on. Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed. 依賴 依赖6. (with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to. The choice rests with you. 交由(某人)進行 取决于ˈrestful adjective1. bringing rest. a restful holiday. 悠閒的 悠闲的2. (of colours, music etc) causing a person to feel calm and relaxed. Some people find blue a restful colour; After a hard day's work, I like to listen to some restful music. 讓人平靜的 让人平静的，让人轻松的，悦目的 3. relaxed. at rest: The patient seems more restful now. 放鬆的，無痛苦的 平静的ˈrestfully adverb 悠閒平靜地 平静地ˈrestfulness noun 悠閒平靜 平静ˈrestless adjective1. always moving; showing signs of worry, boredom, impatience etc. a restless child; He's been doing the same job for years now and he's beginning to get restless. 靜不下來的 焦躁不安的，坐立不安的，不平静的 2. during which a person does not sleep. a restless night. 不眠不休的 没有真正休息的，没有睡眠的得不到休息的 ˈrestlessly adverb 靜不下來地，不眠不休地 得不到休息地，不安地 ˈrestlessness noun 靜不下來，不眠不休 得不到休息ˈrest-room noun (American) a toilet in a theatre, factory etc. (美)公共廁所 （美）公共厕所 at rest free from pain, worry etc. 無痛苦的，無憂慮的 无痛苦的，无忧虑的 come to rest to stop moving. The ball came to rest under a tree. 停止移動 停止移动lay to rest to bury (someone) in a grave. 埋葬 埋葬let the matter rest to stop discussing etc a matter. 停止討論(某事) 暂停讨论（某事） rest assured to be certain. You may rest assured that we will take your views into consideration. 放心 对...尽管放心set someone's mind at rest to take away a person's worries about something. 讓某人放心 使某人放心lay to rest
lay (someone or something) to rest1. To bury someone who has died. Paul will be laid to rest on Saturday, and I plan to go to the funeral service.2. By extension, to stop or finish discussing, thinking about, or focusing on something. OK, I think we have to agree to disagree. Let's just lay the issue to rest and stop arguing. Why are you still being so jealous? I thought we'd laid this all to rest ages ago.See also: lay, restlay someone to restEuph. to bury a dead person. They laid her to rest by her mother and father, out in the old churchyard. We gather together today to lay our beloved son to rest.See also: lay, restlay to rest1. See lay at rest. 2. Bury someone, as in She wanted to be laid to rest beside her husband. This usage replaced the earlier go to rest. [Late 1800s] See also: lay, restlay to restBury; also, settle something with finality. In the first sense, this expression dates from the late nineteenth century, although rest in the sense of death was so used from about 1400 on. It appears in an American cowboy song, “And they laid him down to rest, with a lily on his chest.” In the second sense, it was earlier expressed as set at rest and dates from Shakespeare’s day. Charles Kingsley used the present locution in Westward Ho! (1855): “His fears, such as they were, were laid to rest.”See also: lay, restEncyclopediaSeelayLegalSeeLaylay to rest
Synonyms for lay to restverb place in a grave or tombSynonymsRelated Words |