英:[ˈrestləs]
美:[ˈrestləs]
英:[ˈrestləs]
美:[ˈrestləs]
rest·less
res lihs
比较级:more restless
最高级:most restless
restlessly (adv.), restlessness (n.)
词根:rest
adj.restive 倔强的;难驾御的;不安宁的
restful 宁静的;安静的;给人休息的
adv.restlessly 不安地;慌张地
restfully 平安地;安静地
n.rest 休息,静止;休息时间;剩余部分;支架
restlessness 坐立不安;不安定
restfulness 宁静;安憩
vi.rest 休息;静止;依赖;安置
vt.rest 使休息,使轻松;把…寄托于
Adjective
1. unable to relax or be still;
"a constant fretful stamping of hooves"
"itchy for excitement"
"a restless child"
2. worried and uneasy
3. ceaselessly in motion;
"the restless sea"
"the restless wind"
4. marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest;
"spent a restless night"
"fell into an uneasy sleep"
这组词都有“焦躁的,紧张的”的意思,其区别是:
uneasy通常指因焦虑、疑惑或危险而产生的不安。
impatient指在心情或情绪上不能克制某种刺激或不适,或缺乏某种容忍与谅解而表现出焦急不安。
nervous普通用词,常指内心的紧张心态或生来就容易激动的性格。
restless多指经常的、毫无目的行动或活动,也常指思想上的焦躁不安。
以上来源于网络
14世纪晚期, restles,“找不到休息或睡眠,无法休息; 心灵或精神不安”,源自 rest(n.1)和 -less。这是一个通用的日耳曼语复合词(弗里西亚语 restleas,荷兰语 rusteloos,德语 rastlos,丹麦语 rastlös)。意思是“不断搅动,渴望行动”,可追溯到15世纪晚期。相关词汇: Restlessly; restlessness。古英语中有 restleas “失眠”。
The first known use of restless was before the 12th century
restoreverb
return entry 1 sense 5
restored the purse to its owner
to put or bring back into existence or use
restore harmony after an argument
to bring back to or put back into an earlier or original state
restore an old house
to put again in possession of something
restore the king to the throne
restorative1 of 2adjective
of or relating to restorationespecially: having power to restore
the restorative value of food and rest
restorative2 of 2noun
something that serves to restore to consciousness or health
restorationnoun
an act of restoring or the condition of being restored
something (as a building) that has been restored
restorationnoun
an act of restoring or the condition of being restored
something (as a building) that has been restored
restlessadjective
being without rest : giving no rest
a restless night
always moving
the restless sea
showing one to be uneasy
restless pacing back and forth
restlessadjective
being without rest : giving no rest
a restless night
always moving
the restless sea
showing one to be uneasy
restless pacing back and forth
restlessadjective
being without rest : giving no rest
a restless night
always moving
the restless sea
showing one to be uneasy
restless pacing back and forth
restlessadjective
deprived of rest or sleep
the patient was restless from pain
providing no rest
a restless night
1 And then it would come to him again and he would be restless and eager to take on a new task.
2 As the moon rose above the grasslands, Dany slipped at last into a restless sleep.
3 She moved around the house, onto the porch, down the streets, to the fruit stalls and the butchershop, like a restless ghost, finding peace nowhere and in nothing.
4 At first we take turns having naps in the shadowy edge of the jungle, but by late afternoon everyone is awake and restless.
5 They were bored with the amusement park just up the hill, and Ulbrickson didn’t want them lounging around the house all evening getting restless and nervous about the race on Monday.
6 Roent paced around the wagons like a restless animal, checking everything again and again.
7 Ever restless, Corman ventured into weightier territory, producing The Intruder (1962), a hard look at racial prejudice.
8 That restless feeling hadn’t left me and I listened to that.
9 He saw the bare head of a white man—the back of the head—framed in the narrow opening, stenciled against the yellow glare of the restless bars of light.
10 Emma sighed, and for a while she tossed and turned, restless.
11 But that spring, I got to feeling restless for the first time.
12 That night, in a deep but restless sleep, a dream came to him and the position appeared over and over again—seemingly hundreds of times.
13 He could engross himself in an inconsequential task for hours without growing restless or bored, as oblivious to fatigue as the stump of a tree, and almost as taciturn.
14 For two hours his mind roiled with turbulent thoughts before he fell into a restless, tortured sleep.
15 My last thought, before I fell into a restless sleep, was of the coyote.
16 He rocked on restless feet, and his chest ached as if his lungs were no longer sitting quite right.
17 Then he’d pace up and down, up and down, restless, sighing, wandering through the aisles, the blackboard pointer poised in his hand, the pointer he used either like a conductor’s baton or a musketeer’s sword.
18 As the end of the school year approaches, I become more and more restless.
19 ‘He’s a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,’ Nico said.
20 On days like this there was something restless and untamed about her.
3 好动的
4 不睡的
5 睡不着的
7 不断
constant continuous eternal persistent hourly uninterrupted tireless unbroken incessant unceasing together constantly forever continually steadily unceasingly without letup year in right along for ever year in and year out
9 不满足
10 不安定
rocky precarious unsettled yeasty labile instable astatic changeably insecurity screwball changeability unanchor unsettle
11 坐立不安
fiddle-footed yantsy tense fidgety antsy dithered uneasy uneasily fidget dither fantod in a stew jittery feverish skittish fizzle jitter upon the gad have butterflies in stomach the heebie-jeebies shuffle be on tenterhooks on tenterhooks have ants in your pants get be in a stew about get be in a stew over get be in a stew get in a stew about get in a stew over get in a stew get yourself in a stew about get yourself in a stew over get yourself in a stew
12 心神不定
13 不安
nervous uncomfortable anxious rocky troubled insecure uneasy disturbed apprehensive queasy twitchy harassed unquiet suspensive suspensively uncomfortably uneasily apprehensively alarmedly fear sweat discomfort disturbance fret dread unrest suspense dismay agitation angst qualm malaise unease misgiving perturbation uneasiness distemper disquiet solicitude discomposure inquietude totter unanchor disturb rattle psych fidget discompose get under skin with bated breath anxious seat
14 不断的
constant continuous eternal persistent hourly uninterrupted tireless unbroken incessant unceasing
16 静不下来
17 焦躁
18 不耐烦
impatient restive shortly try patience weary irritated impatience asperity irritate climbing the walls go crazy