Poised
[pɒɪzd] or [pɔɪzd]
解释:
(adj.) marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; 'a gull in poised flight'; 'George's poised hammer' .
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解释:
(imp. & p. p.) of Poise
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例句:
- He arranged an electrometer, consisting of an iron needle poised on a pivot, by which to note the action of the magnet. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Then he turned to watch the proceeding below, poised like some wild bird ready to take swift wing at the first sign of danger. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Nearer and nearer she came to where Tarzan of the Apes crouched upon his limb, the coils of his long rope poised ready in his hand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Three balanced cantilevers are employed, poised on four gigantic steel tube legs supported on four huge masonry piers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- For what seemed an eternity to my overwrought nerves I remained poised thus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- She glanced behind, and with a wild cry of laughter and challenge, veered, poised, and was gone beyond the grey stone buttress. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- On he hurried, his spear poised for the throw. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He seemed to see her poised on the brink of a chasm, with one graceful foot advanced to assert her unconsciousness that the ground was failing her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
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