单词乎

quietus

音标[kwai'i:tәs]

汉语翻译

n. 解脱, 生命的终止, 偿清
【法】 偿清, 解除, 清除

英语解释

名词 quietus:

  1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    同义词:rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep

例句

  1. After a quietus of twenty years she returned.
    她隐退二十年后又东山再起。

详细解释


qui.e.tus

n.(名词)
Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.
抑制物:用来压制、控制或消除的事物
Release from life; death.
死;解脱:从生命中解脱出来;死亡
A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
债务清偿:最后清偿,如义务或债务

来源:
Short for Middle English quietus (est) [(he is) discharged (of an obligation)]
中古英语 quietus (est) 的简写 [(他)被免除了(一义务)]
from Medieval Latin quiôtus (est)
源自 中世纪拉丁语 quiôtus (est)
from Latin [(he is) at rest] * see quiet
源自 拉丁语 [(他)在休息] *参见 quiet


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