quietus

• n. 解除；偿清；生命的终止；寂灭

来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-us,名词后缀。委婉语，即安静或平和的死去。

1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);

"she was laid to rest beside her husband"

"they had to put their family pet to sleep"

quietus (n.)

"discharge, clearing of accounts," 1530s, short for Medieval Latin phrase quietus est "he is quit" (see quit). Hence, "death" (i.e. "final discharge"), c. 1600. Latin quies also was used for "the peace of death."

After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

她隐退二十年后又东山再起.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The plan has finally got its quietus, ie been abandoned.

这一计画终于胎死腹中(遭放弃).

辞典例句

The police gave the villain his quietus.

警察结果了那坏蛋的性命.

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