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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ease \Ease\, n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise,
OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle,
occasion, opportunity. Cf. {Agio}, {Disease}.]
1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;
entertainment. [Obs.]
They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire
penny. --Chaucer.
2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
(a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
as, ease of body.
Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
--Herbert.
Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.
--Swift.
(b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys
or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;
as, ease of mind.
Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
--Deut.
xxviii. 65.
Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
--Luke xii.
19.
(c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,
embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;
-- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of
behavior, of address.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
--Pope.
Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In
him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.
{At ease}, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. ``His soul
shall dwell at ease.'' --Ps. xxv. 12.
{Chapel of ease}. See under {Chapel}.
{Ill at ease}, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
{To stand at ease} (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude
in one's place in the ranks.
{With ease}, easily; without much effort.
Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility;
facility; easiness; readiness.
Ease \Ease\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.]
1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain;
ease the body or mind.
Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome
disguises which we wear. --Milton.
Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
--Dryden.
2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
alleviate.
My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13.
3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to
lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut
in machinery.
4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
{To ease off}, {To ease away} (Naut.), to slacken a rope
gradually.
{To ease a ship} (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
{To ease the helm} (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
资料来源 : WordNet®
ease
v 1: move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
2: lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your
legs" [syn: {comfort}]
3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing
your knowledge" [syn: {facilitate}, {alleviate}]
4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: {still}, {allay}, {relieve}]
ease
n 1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
containers for ease of transportation" [syn: {easiness},
{simplicity}] [ant: {difficulty}]
2: a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a
comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had
all the material comforts of this world" [syn: {comfort}]
3: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially
after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief
from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave
him some ease" [syn: {relief}]
4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at
ease with strangers" [syn: {informality}]
5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: {rest}, {repose},
{relaxation}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Ease
General purpose parallel programming language, combining the
process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures
of Linda. "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the
Language", S.E. Zenith, Yale U
TR-809, Jul 1990.