at ease

介词短语 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense.
    — Into the trees / Past meadow grounds / And further away from my home / Baying behind me / I hear the hounds / Flock's chasing to find me alone / A trail of sickness / Leading to me / If I am haunted / Then you will see / Searching the darkness / And emptiness / I'm hiding away from the sun / Will never rest / Never be at ease / All my matter's expired so I run
  2. In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention.
  3. Allowed to refrain from being in rigid formation.
    — At this command, the soldiers will carry their firelocks as they please, as prescribed in the soldier's drill, No 120, and are no longer required to march with the same step, or to observe silence ; the files will march at ease ; but they will be careful not to confuse the ranks, and the front rank must never pass before the guide, who is on the directing side, and that the two last ranks always preserve about three feet distance from each other.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A command to be at ease.
    — At ease, privates!

词源

词源 1
From Middle English at ese, calque of Old French a eise, from a (“at”) + eise (“ease”).
词源 2
From Middle English at ese, calque of Old French a eise, from a (“at”) + eise (“ease”).
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