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repose

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·pose1 /rɪˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ noun [uncountable]  formal or literaryREST a state of calm or comfortable rest 平静;憩息in repose His face looked less hard in repose. 他平静时脸看上去就没那么严厉了。
Examples from the Corpus
reposeHis reactions caused him pleasure, fury, deep repose or inner peace.This would have been more expensive than the winding-sheet but it presented the body in a more natural attitude of repose.Even the rare moments of repose were filled with plans.He could see Steen's face in its pained repose, and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder.The only true repose is in the grave.in reposeA human body in repose has a graceful shape.
repose2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal or literary  1. PUTif something reposes somewhere, it has been put there 安置2. RESTif someone reposes somewhere, they rest there 休息,安息3. repose your trust/hope etc in somebody formal literary to trust someone to help you 信赖某人/寄希望于某人等→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
reposeThen you reposed an absolutely blind faith in the Emperor!The relic reposes in a glass-fronted reliquary beneath a side altar of the same church in which it was first interred.Such confidence can not safely be reposed in people of very mean or low condition.And if we allowed there to be a deity or deities, what confidence could we repose in them?Dominic and Piers repose in unruffled calm nearby.The strength of the court used to be that, when all else failed, trust continued to repose there at least.Two skulls repose upon the same Worn pillow in their dusty mine.
Origin repose2 1. (1400-1500) Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausare, from pausare to stop2. (1500-1600) Latin reponere, from ponere to put
re·pose1 nounrepose2 verbChineseSyllable
Corpus a comfortable state calm of or


repose
I
repose1 /rɪˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ noun [uncountable]
formal or literary a state of calm or comfortable rest
    in repose
    His face looked less hard in repose.

II
repose2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal or literary
 Sense 1-2
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: reposer, from Late Latin repausare, from pausare 'to stop'
 Sense 3
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: reponere, from ponere 'to put'
1. if something reposes somewhere, it has been put there
2. if someone reposes somewhere, they rest there
3. repose your trust/hope etc in somebody to trust someone to help you


re·poseBrE /rɪˈpəʊz/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈpoʊz/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (literary) a state of rest, sleep or feeling calm 休息;睡眠;平静;镇静
re·poseBrE /rɪˈpəʊz/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈpoʊz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they repose BrE /rɪˈpəʊz/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈpoʊz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it reposes BrE /rɪˈpəʊzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈpoʊzɪz/ 🔊past simple reposed BrE /rɪˈpəʊzd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈpoʊzd/ 🔊past participle reposed BrE /rɪˈpəʊzd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈpoʊzd/ 🔊 -ing form reposing BrE /rɪˈpəʊzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈpoʊzɪŋ/ 🔊(literary) [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of an object 物体) to be or be kept in a particular place 位于;被搁置在 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a person ) to lie or rest in a particular place 躺;休息