requiem

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
  2. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
    — Any man-eater is called a requiem.
  3. A musical composition for such a mass.
  4. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
  5. Rest; peace. obsolete

词形变化

requiems plural requiems plural

词汇关系

衍生词
requiem mass
相关词
requiescat related terms of quiet
并列词
dirge elegy threnody

词源

词源 1
From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).
词源 2
From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.
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