quietus是什么意思，quietus怎么读

quietus基本信息

quietus基本信息

读法：英 [kwaɪ"iːtəs] 美 [kwaɪ"itəs]

释义：

n. 解除；偿清；生命的终止；寂灭

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英英释义

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"

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中英词源

quietus 寂灭，解脱

来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-us,名词后缀。委婉语，即安静或平和的死去。

quietus (n.): "discharge, clearing of accounts," 1530s, short for Medieval Latin phrase quietus est "he is quit" (see quit). Hence, "death" (i.e. "final discharge"), c. 1600. Latin quies also was used for "the peace of death."

词态变化

复数 quietuses;

权威造句

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

2. The plan has finally got its quietus, ie been abandoned.: 这一计画终于胎死腹中(遭放弃).

3. The police gave the villain his quietus.: 警察结果了那坏蛋的性命.

近反义词

give someone the quietus 断送某人的生命...

give someone his quietus 断送某人的生命...

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