repose

Definitions

re- (back, again) + pose (place, here via Latin pausāre 'to pause') = 'to set back down to rest.' Repose is the calm of something laid back into stillness — a face in repose, eternal repose. A literary, formal word.

Common Collocations

• 1.in repose处于静止／安息状态
• 2.a sense of repose一种宁静感
• 3.eternal repose永恒的安息

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Her face was calm and full of repose.

• 2.

  The cat reposed lazily in the afternoon sun.