单词音标

quietus音标[kwai\'i:tәs]

汉语翻译

n. 解脱, 生命的终止, 偿清

【法】 偿清, 解除, 清除

英语解释

名词 quietus:

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

同义词：rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep

例句

After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

她隐退二十年后又东山再起。

详细解释

qui.e.tus

n.（名词）

Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate.

抑制物：用来压制、控制或消除的事物

Release from life; death.

死；解脱：从生命中解脱出来；死亡

A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.

债务清偿：*后清偿，如义务或债务

来源：

Short for Middle English quietus (est) [(he is) discharged (of an obligation)]

中古英语 quietus (est) 的简写 [（他）被免除了（一义务）]

from Medieval Latin quiôtus (est)

源自 中世纪拉丁语 quiôtus (est)

from Latin [(he is) at rest] * see quiet

源自 拉丁语 [（他）在休息] *参见 quiet