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poise 音标拼音: [p'ɔɪz] n. 平衡,均衡,姿势,镇静,安静,砝码
vt. 使平衡,使悬着,保持…姿势
vi. 平衡 平衡,均衡,姿势,镇静,安静,砝码使平衡,使悬着,保持…姿势平衡 poise n 1: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne- second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second 2: a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium 3: great coolness and composure under strain; " keep your cool" [ synonym: { aplomb}, { assuredness}, { cool}, { poise}, { sang- froid}] v 1: be motionless, in suspension; " The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked" 2: prepare ( oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult [ synonym: { brace}, { poise}] 3: cause to be balanced or suspended 4: hold or carry in equilibrium [ synonym: { poise}, { balance}] Poise \ Poise\, n. [ OE. pois, peis, OF. pois, peis, F. poids, fr. L. pensum a portion weighed out, pendere to weigh, weigh out. Cf. { Avoirdupois}, { Pendant}, { Poise}, v.] [ Formerly written also { peise}.] 1. Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. " Weights of an extraordinary poise." -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest. -- Bentley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. That which causes a balance; a counterweight. [ 1913 Webster] Men of unbounded imagination often want the poise of judgment. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 5. a dignified and self- confident manner; graceful composure and tact in handling difficult social situations. [ PJC]
Poise \ Poise\, v. i. To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. [ 1913 Webster] The slender, graceful spars Poise aloft in air. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster]
Poise \ Poise\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Poised}, ; p. pr. & vb. n. { Poising}.] [ OE. poisen, peisen, OF. & F. peser, to weigh, balance, OF. il peise, il poise, he weighs, F. il p[` e] se, fr. L. pensare, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See { Poise}, n., and cf. { Pensive}.] [ Formerly written also { peise}.] 1. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance. [ 1913 Webster] Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance. [ 1913 Webster] One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh. [ 1913 Webster] He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To weigh ( down); to oppress. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to- morrow. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 194 Moby Thesaurus words for " poise": accommodate, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adjust, affectation, air, aplomb, arrogance, aspire, assurance, assuredness, back, balance, ballast, bearing, beck, beckon, become airborne, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, belief, body language, calmness, cancel, carriage, certitude, charade, chironomy, claw skyward, cocksureness, coequality, coextension, compensate, comportment, composure, conduct, confidence, confidentness, control, conviction, cool, coolness, coordinate, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, courage, culture pattern, custom, dactylology, deaf- and- dumb alphabet, demeanor, deportment, dignity, diplomacy, doing, doings, dumb show, equability, equality, equalize, equanimity, equate, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, even, even up, evenness, faith, fit, float, fly, fly aloft, folkway, gain altitude, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, gestures, goings- on, grace, guise, hand signal, hang, hover, hubris, identity, imperturbability, integrate, justice, kinesics, kite, leave the ground, level, level head, levelheadedness, levelness, likeness, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motion, motions, movement, movements, moves, observable behavior, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pantomime, par, parallelism, parity, pattern, plane, pomposity, port, pose, positiveness, possession, posture, practice, praxis, prepare, presence, presence of mind, pride, procedure, proceeding, proportion, reserve, restraint, sang- froid, security, sedateness, self- assurance, self- command, self- confidence, self- control, self- importance, self- possession, self- reliance, self- restraint, serenity, settled belief, shrug, sign language, soar, social science, spire, square, stabilitate, staidness, stance, stasis, steady, strike a balance, style, subjective certainty, support, sureness, surety, symmetry, tact, tactics, take off, tone, tranquillity, trust, uphold, way, way of life, ways, well- regulated mind, zoom
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