repose: Repose ‘rest’ [15] and repose ‘place’ [15] (as in ‘repose confidence in someone’) are distinct words in English. The former comes via Old French reposer from late Latin repausāre, a compound verb based on pausāre ‘rest’ (source of English pause). The latter was an English coinage, formed from the prefix re- and the verb pose ‘place’. It was modelled on Latin repōnere ‘replace’, whose derivative repositorium has given English repository [15]. => pause; position, repository
repose (v.1)
"lie at rest," mid-15c., from Middle French reposer, from Old French repauser (10c.), from Late Latin repausare "cause to rest," from Latin re-, here probably an intensive prefix (see re-), + Late Latin pausare "to stop" (see pause (v.)). Related: Reposed; reposing.
repose (v.2)
"put, place," mid-15c., from Latin repos-, stem of reponere "put back, set back, replace, restore; put away, lay out, stretch out," from re- "back, away" (see re-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Or perhaps [Klein] formed in Middle English from Old French poser, on model of disposen "dispose."
repose (n.)
"rest," c. 1500, from Middle French repos (11c.), back-formation from reposer (see repose (v.1)).
实用例句
1. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
那里气氛安宁而不热闹。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He had a still, almost blank face in repose.
他休息时面部平静，几乎毫无表情。
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3. Don't disturb her repose.
不要打扰她休息.
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4. " And was still operating, on Mr. Dimmesdale's well - being and repose . "
而且那机器仍在 开动,他还得忍受.
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5. Consider what I did - I who so loved repose and inaction.
