poise
poise 英 [pɔɪz] 美 [pɔɪz]
v. 保持...姿势，使稳定
进行时:poising 过去式:poised 过去分词:poised 第三人称单数:poises 名词复数:poises
- If you have poise, you are cool under stress. People with poise can handle pressure without showing it.
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- v. 保持...姿势，使稳定
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1. The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop.
老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
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2. He was poising himself to launch a final attack.
他稳定住自己，以发动最后攻击。
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3. She poised the javelin in her hand before the throw.
她把标枪握稳，然后投了出去。
- poise (n.) early 15c., "weight, quality of being heavy," later "significance, importance" (mid-15c.), from Old French pois "weight, balance, consideration" (12c., Modern French poids), from Medieval Latin pesum "weight," from Latin pensum "something weighted or weighed," (source of Provençal and Catalan pes, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian peso), noun use of neuter past participle of pendere "to hang, cause to hang; weigh" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin").
- poise (v.) late 14c., "to have a certain weight," from stressed form of Old French peser "to weigh, be heavy; weigh down, be a burden; worry, be a concern," from Vulgar Latin *pesare, from Latin pensare "to weigh carefully, weigh out, counter-balance," frequentative of pendere (past participle pensus) "to hang, cause to hang; weigh; pay" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin"). For form evolution from Latin to French, see OED. Meaning "to place in equilibrium" is from 1630s (compare equipoise). Passive sense of "to be ready" (to do something) is from 1932. Related: Poised; poising. In 15c. a poiser was an official who weighed goods.
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