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rested

/rest/US // rɛst //UK // (rɛst) //

休息的,休息了,休息,安息的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
    • : refreshing ease or inactivity after exertion or labor: to allow an hour for rest.
    • : relief or freedom, especially from anything that wearies, troubles, or disturbs.
    • : a period or interval of inactivity, repose, solitude, or tranquillity: to go away for a rest.
    • : mental or spiritual calm; tranquillity.
    • : the repose of death: eternal rest.
    • : cessation or absence of motion: to bring a machine to rest.
    • : Music. an interval of silence between tones.a mark or sign indicating it.
    • : Prosody. a short pause within a line; caesura.
    • : a place that provides shelter or lodging for travelers, as an inn.
    • : any stopping or resting place: a roadside rest for weary hikers.
    • : a piece or thing for something to rest on: a hand rest.
    • : a supporting device; support.
    • : Billiards, Pool. bridge.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to refresh oneself, as by sleeping, lying down, or relaxing.
    • : to relieve weariness by cessation of exertion or labor.
    • : to be at ease; have tranquillity or peace.
    • : to repose in death.
    • : to be quiet or still.
    • : to cease from motion, come to rest; stop.
    • : to become or remain inactive.
    • : to stay as is or remain without further action or notice: to let a matter rest.
    • : to lie, sit, lean, or be set: His arm rested on the table.
    • : Agriculture. to lie fallow or unworked: to let land rest.
    • : to be imposed as a burden or responsibility.
    • : to rely.
    • : to be based or founded.
    • : to be found; belong; reside: The blame rests with them.
    • : to be present; dwell; linger: A sunbeam rests upon the altar.
    • : to be fixed or directed on something, as the eyes, a gaze, etc.
    • : Law. to terminate voluntarily the introduction of evidence in a case.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give rest to; refresh with rest: to rest oneself.
    • : to lay or place for rest, ease, or support: to rest one's back against a tree.
    • : to direct: to rest one's eyes on someone.
    • : to base, or let depend, as on some ground of reliance.
    • : to bring to rest; halt; stop.
    • : Law. to terminate voluntarily the introduction of evidence on: to rest one's case.

Phrases

  • rest assured
  • rest on one's laurels
  • at rest
  • lay at rest
  • lay to rest
  • set one's mind at rest

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The survey sample consisted of 52% Android users and 43% iPhone owners, with the rest uncertain or choosing “other.”

  • The rest is maintenance, like minding Google’s core updates and creating regular content, or it will trickle to a stopover time.

  • Foye told reporters an additional $12 billion from Congress would allow the MTA to avoid cuts for the rest of 2020 as well as 2021, when a coronavirus vaccine is expected to become widely available.

  • In addition to the FAA’s eye being on Amazon’s success, you have the rest of the industry cheering them on from the sidelines.

  • Amazon, however, has decided to set its new fitness device apart from the rest by relying heavily on AI algorithms and listening to your voice.

  • His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.

  • The board decided simply to table the resolution, and there the matter rested.

  • A copy of AA Today, an Alcoholics Anonymous publication, rested atop the bureau.

  • One was overgrown with trees, where young men rested in the shade.

  • From early in its history, the United States rested on the notion of a large class of small proprietors and owners.

  • Lady Maude advanced; she had really come in by accident; her head was bent, her eyelashes rested on her flushed cheeks.

  • I was too much enamoured of the honour to question the foundation on which it rested.

  • To lose a breath of the public approbation in his present state, were to give up fatally the only stay on which he rested.

  • "Tough—but most of us have been there, one time or another," Goodell observed sympathetically; and with that the subject rested.

  • He kept his sword pointed at the eyes of his adversary; but he never rested for an instant.