Poising

例句:

• I should have such strength,' muttered the robber, poising his brawny arm, 'that I could smash your head as if a loaded waggon had gone over it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I know he's always a saucy creature, said Rosa, poising herself on one of her little feet, and looking maliciously at Adolph. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It seemed clear that where there was a baby, things were right enough, and that error, in general, was a mere lack of that central poising force. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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