quietus

• n. 解除；償清；生命的終止；寂滅

來自quiet,安靜的，靜止的，-us,名詞後綴。委婉語，即安靜或平和的死去。

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."

1. After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

她隱退二十年後又東山再起.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

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

這一計畫終於胎死腹中(遭放棄).

來自辭典例句

3. The police gave the villain his quietus.

警察結果了那壞蛋的性命.

來自互聯網