mass noun
1- temporary rest from activity, excitement, or exertion, especially sleep or the rest given by sleep憩息, 歇息, 睡眠：
in repose her face looked relaxed.
她睡着时面露轻松的神情。
1.1
- a state of peace安静, 安息：
the repose of the soul of the dead man.
死者灵魂的安息。
1.2
- composure从容, 镇静：
he had lost none of his grace or his repose.
他保持了优雅的风度, 仍然从容自若。
1.3
- Art harmonious arrangement of colours and forms, providing a restful visual effect【艺术】恬静, 匀称, 和谐。
no obj., with adverbial of place
1- be lying, situated, or kept in a particular place安放在, 保存在：
the diamond now reposes in the Louvre.
这颗钻石现安放在卢浮宫。
1.1
- lie down in rest静卧, 安息：
how sweetly he would repose in the four-poster bed.
他会多么甜美地安睡在四脚床上。
1.2
- with obj. poetic/literary (repose something on/in) lay something to rest in or on (something)〈诗/文〉把…靠在…上; 使依靠：
I'll go to him, and repose our distresses on his friendly bosom.
我将去找他, 让他那充满友情的胸怀安抚我们的悲痛。
1.3
- with obj. archaic give rest to〈古〉使休息, 让…休息：
he halted to repose his way-worn soldiers.
他停下来, 让累得走不动的士兵们休息一下。
派生词
reposeful
adjectivereposefully
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French repos (noun), reposer (verb), from late Latin repausare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + pausare 'to pause'.
with obj.(repose something in)
- place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in把（信任或依赖等）寄托于：
we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us.
我们从没有辜负你寄托于我们的信赖。
派生词
reposal
noun （rare 〈罕〉）词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'put back in the same position'）： from re- 'again' + the verb POSE1, suggested by Latin reponere 'replace', from re- (expressing intensive force) + ponere 'to place'.