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quietus是什么意思

quietus

英 [kwaɪ'iːtəs] 美 [kwaɪ'itəs]
  • n. 解除;偿清;生命的终止;寂灭

quietus 中文词源


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 英文词源


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."

quietus 双语例句


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

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

来自辞典例句

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

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