Rest

(noun.) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); 'took his repose by the swimming pool'.

(noun.) a support on which things can be put; 'the gun was steadied on a special rest'.

(noun.) a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration.

(noun.) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); 'she was laid to rest beside her husband'; 'they had to put their family pet to sleep'.

(noun.) a state of inaction; 'a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon'.

(verb.) be at rest.

(verb.) take a short break from one's activities in order to relax.

(verb.) give a rest to; 'He rested his bad leg'; 'Rest the dogs for a moment'.

(verb.) not move; be in a resting position.

(verb.) put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; 'Rest your head on my shoulder'.

(verb.) be inactive, refrain from acting; 'The committee is resting over the summer'.

(verb.) be inherent or innate in;.

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• But thy rest agen to-morrow's work, my dear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It looks as if the old man's spirit had found rest at last; don't it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A hard-working man, and not overstrong, he would return to his home from the machine-shop where he was employed, and throw himself on the bed night after night to rest. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Pray ask him for them, and keep them for me, together with the rest. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• For example, I said, can the same thing be at rest and in motion at the same time in the same part? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He had not read far when he rested his head upon his two hands--to hide his face from me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I fear your ladyship rested badly last night, I remarked, after waiting a little. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Rested and refreshed, we took the rail happy and contented. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• After a while I said, Let's go on if you're rested. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• These guns for the most part were so heavy that they had to be rested on some object to be fired. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,--a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• With these words, the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Her resting-place was at a certain stile under a certain old thorn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• At this point, where my pipe is now resting, a county constable was on duty from twelve to six. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• This arrangement was generally satisfactory, but the resistance-boxes scattered about the platform and foot-rests being in the way, Edison directed that some No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Well, it rests with you to show it; and heaven knows there's nothing to keep you back. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But the mind rests not here. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The one on whom all responsibility rests is apt to endure the most. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The circumstance on which my story rests was suggested in casual conversation. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He is an awakening man; he ought to see Miss Crawley before she rests this night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Darkness rests upon Tom-All-Alone's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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