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quietus [kwai'i:təs]
基本释义
- n. 最后的解除,偿清,生命的终止
参考例句
- The police gave the villain his quietus.
警察结果了那坏蛋的性命。
- The police gave the villain his quietus.
英英解释
1个名词解释
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
[同] eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest, sleep
[例]- she was laid to rest beside her husband
- they had to put their family pet to sleep
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)