| 单词 | repose |
| 释义 | re·pose I. 1. archaic 2. < repose full confidence in their leader — T.B.Macaulay > < the complete trust reposed in him and his policies — Newsweek > 3. < reposes the judicial power in a supreme court — American Guide Series: Louisiana > II. transitive verb 1. a. < upon that cottage bench reposed his limbs — William Wordsworth > b. < enter in the castle and there repose you for the night — Shakespeare > 2. < extraordinarily difficult to repose a man whose leg troubled him, whose war troubled him, whose bank troubled him and whose wife troubled him — Francis Hackett > intransitive verb 1. a. < during the hot afternoon, the entire town reposes > b. < reposing in state > c. < under the soil … there repose vastly greater quantities of raw materials — F.C.James > < the existence of similar sunken lands now reposing on the bottom of the Pacific — J.F.McComas > 2. < she did not repose; she could not … she sat thinking — Arnold Bennett > 3. archaic < upon whose faith and honor I repose — Shakespeare > 4. < cutting generous portions with a huge knife from the loaf reposing on a round wooden base — Sidney Lovett > < medieval justice reposed so greatly on the system of fines — G.G.Coulton > III. 1. a. < a little feast that would make other men heavy and desirous of repose — Willa Cather > < earned one's night's repose — H.A.Overstreet > b. < where at last he could find warmth and the brief, treacherous repose of dissipation — J.T.Soby > 2. a. < to pray for the repose of a soul > b. < the unfailing repose of the bayou — Christian Science Monitor > < induce a sense of repose and contentment — S.P.B.Mais > c. < his painting was criticized as lacking repose > 3. a. < the volcano was in repose > b. < his face in repose is grave and thoughtful — R.C.Doty > < repose again freezes the burning features of his face — C.L.Sulzberger > 4. Synonyms: see rest |
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