【rest音标】 英[rest] 美[rest]
【单词释义】 rest是什么意思：
n.休息；剩余部分；支持物；宁静，安宁
v.（使）休息；（使）倚靠/支撑
vi.休息；静止；停止；安心
vt.使休息；使轻松；使长眠；使依赖
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] rests [第三人称单数] rests
[单词现在分词] resting
[单词过去式] rested
[单词过去分词] rested
【rest形近词/近似词】
vest n.背心 vt.授权；赋予
nest n.（鸟）巢，窝 v.筑巢；巢居；嵌套
zest n.兴趣，热情；风味，滋味 v.给…调味
test n.测试；试验；考验；测验 v.测试；试验；考验；测验
pest n.害虫
best adj.最好的 v.打败，胜过
west n.[U]西，西部 adj.在西方的；西部的 adv.向西，朝西
jest n.笑话，玩笑；俏皮话 vi.开玩笑；取笑，嘲弄
lest conj.唯恐；以免；惟恐；担心
【单词例句】
◇ Now on the way the messenger stopped at a brook to rest. Tired from his long journey, he fell asleep.
但送信人在路上的一条小溪边歇息。长途旅行累了，他睡着了。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ She had neither rest nor peace until she secretly set forth and went out into the wide world, hoping to find her brothers and to set them free, whatever it might cost.
有一天，她从家里偷偷地跑了出去，来到外面广阔的世界，到处寻访自己的哥哥。她想：无论他们到了甚么地方，她不惜自己的生命，也要让他们恢复本来面目，获得做人的自由！
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.
当医药费通知单送到她的病房时，她不敢看。因为她确信，治病的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ "I really want to give you something…the only thing left is my dying roots." The tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied.
“我真的想把一切都给你……我唯一剩下的东西是快要死去的树墩。” 树含着眼泪说。“现在，我不需要什么东西，只需要一个地方来休息。经过了这些年我太累了。”男孩答到。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ I want a wife who will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school. I want a wife to go along when our family takes a vacation so that someone can continue to care for me and my children when I need a rest and change of scene.
我想要个妻，生病时她是我的慰籍，旅行时她伴我同行，及时满足我和孩子的不时之需。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ It might feel as though pressing the snooze button in the morning gives you a little bit of extra rest to start your day, but the truth is that it does more harm than good.
你可能觉得早晨按掉闹钟能让你起床前多休息一会儿，但其实这样做弊大于利。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ Speaking of sweat, that’s the best method our bodies have evolved to regulate body temperatures. Sweating helps to cool off the skin, which keeps the rest of us cool. And the human body can regulate itself far more easily when it’s fully hydrated.
谈到出汗，这是我们身体调节体温的最佳方式。出汗可以使皮肤温度下降，这样也会让我们觉得很凉爽。而且当人体水分充足时，也是调节体温最容易的时候。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ "This provides rest for shoulders and back and also helps acid reflux, (in which stomach acid flows backward into the oesophagus)," he said.
他说：“这能让肩膀和背部放松，也可以抑制胃酸反流（胃酸反流到食道）。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ China is the world's biggest online shopping market with more than half of its population making at least one smartphone purchase per month, according to professional services firm PwC. This compares to 14 percent in the rest of the world.
普华永道会计师事务所称，中国有全球最大的网购市场。有超过半数的民众每月至少用手机购物一次。而世界其他地方只有14%的人每月用手机购物一次以上。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ "China's stable economic growth is a great boon not only to China itself but also to the rest of the world, particularly to poor and developing countries," he said.
他说：“中国经济的稳定增长不仅对中国是好事，对世界其他国家尤其是贫困国家和发展中国家也是好事。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global