repose

英 [rɪˈpəʊz]

美 [rɪˈpoʊz]

n. 休息; 睡眠; 平静; 镇静
v. 位于; 被搁置在; 躺; 休息

现在分词：reposing　过去式：reposed　过去分词：reposed　第三人称单数：reposes　复数：reposes　

BNC.20810 / COCA.19187

牛津词典

noun

verb

N-UNCOUNT 休息;休憩;闲适
Reposeis a state in which you are resting and feeling calm.
1. He had a still, almost blank face in repose...
  他休息时面部平静，几乎毫无表情。
2. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
  那里气氛安宁而不热闹。
VERB 位于;安置于;坐落于
If somethingreposessomewhere, it is there.
1. Exquisite china soup dishes reposed on silver plates.
  银盘子上面摆放着精制的陶瓷汤盘。

noun

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
1. took his repose by the swimming pool
Synonym:resteaserelaxation
a disposition free from stress or emotion
Synonym:quietplacidityserenitytranquillitytranquility
the absence of mental stress or anxiety
Synonym:peacepeacefulnesspeace of mindserenityheartseaseataraxis

verb

put or confide something in a person or thing
1. These philosophers reposed the law in the people
to put something (eg trust) in something
1. The nation reposed its confidence in the King
put in a horizontal position
1. lay the books on the table
2. lay the patient carefully onto the bed
Synonym:layput down
lean in a comfortable resting position
1. He was reposing on the couch
Synonym:recumbrecline
lie when dead
1. Mao reposes in his mausoleum
be inherent or innate in
Synonym:restreside

My grandparents now repose in a cemetery in jamaica.
我的祖父母现长眠在牙买加的公墓里。
His mouth seemed always to be smiling, even in repose.
他的嘴总象是在笑，即使是在休息的时候。
Powders and granules-measurement of the angle of repose
粉末和颗粒-安息角的测定
You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades?
同志们，你们不会不让我们休息吧？
The confidence he had thought fit to repose in me seemed a tribute to my discretion.
他认为可以和我推心置腹，这对我的谨慎似乎是一种赞美。
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.
假如你能获得安静与沉著，相信你已捕捉到幸福。
How calmly the clouds seem to repose in heaven.
云彩多么平静地停留在天空中。
The troubled midnight and the noon's repose.
不安的午夜和午间的休息。
All was tranquillity and repose. Suddenly into the picture staggered Walter Cronkite.
一切都安谧与恬静。突然，沃尔特·克朗凯特蹒跚着闯入了画面。
I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace.
我等着了却最后一桩心事，随后我死而瞑目了。