repose
忏悔,宴请,宴席,安息
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Definitions
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- : the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- : peace; tranquillity; calm.
- : dignified calmness, as of manner; composure.
- : absence of movement, animation, etc.: When in repose, her face recalls the Mona Lisa.
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re·posed, re·pos·ing.
- : to lie or be at rest, as from work, activity, etc.
- : to lie dead: His body will repose in the chapel for two days.
- : to be peacefully calm and quiet: The sea reposed under the tropical sun.
- : to lie or rest on something.
- : Archaic. to depend or rely on a person or thing.
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Examples
For example, the wooden casket lying in repose at the Supreme Court and in state at the Capitol remained firmly shut.
Now, however, microbiology in particular is discovering that there is no reposing, solid core within us, but rather a lurking void around which life’s dance unfurls.
The other, Sophie Berthelot, was allowed in so she could repose in aeternum next to her spouse, the chemist Marcellin.
And those in the middle mostly plow ahead, refreshed by the repose of spirit or soul so hard to find at the top or the bottom.
This is a still from a 2008 video called "Repose (on the Plinthe)", by Vancouver artist Adad Hannah.
When the action summits, and when the characters are in a state of repose.
Hillary Clinton seemed to be in a rare moment of repose while the Middle East erupted.
Tausig possessed this repose in a technical way, and his touch was marvellous; but he never drew the tears to your eyes.
John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”
This is often of great advantage, as the strength of repose is expressed to a great degree in restraint of movement.
What reliance could repose upon a house, divided against itself—not safe from the extravagance and pillage of its own members?