He was sitting next to Mrs. Smith, his eyes resting on her daughter. 他坐在史密斯太太的旁边,他的视线落在她女儿的身上。
We can't go any farther without resting. 我们要是不休息就再也走不动了.
Rest \Rest\ (r[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12.
2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.
3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton.
6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed ?? fate. --Dryden.
7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison.
{To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.
Resting \Rest"ing\, a. & n. from {Rest}, v. t. & i.
{Resting spore} (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of alg[ae], which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. --C. E. Bessey.