quietus
英 [kwa?'i?t?s]
美[kwa?'it?s]
- n. 解除；償清；生命的終止；寂滅
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?quietuses;
中文詞源
quietus 寂滅，解脫
來自quiet,安靜的，靜止的，-us,名詞后綴。委婉語，即安靜或平和的死去。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. After a quietus of twenty years she returned.
- 她隱退二十年后又東山再起.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. The plan has finally got its quietus, ie been abandoned.
- 這一計畫終于胎死腹中(遭放棄).
來自辭典例句
- 3. The police gave the villain his quietus.
- 警察結(jié)果了那壞蛋的性命.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)