Posture

['pɒstʃə] or ['pɑstʃɚ]

解释:

(n.) The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.

(n.) Place; position; situation.

(n.) State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

(v. t.) To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

(v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

(v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

录入:弗农

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Position, ATTITUDE, POSE.[2]. State, condition, situation, phase.

杰弗里整理

同义词及反义词：

[See SITUATION]

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解释:

n. the placing or position of the body esp. of the parts of it with reference to each other: attitude: state or condition: disposition of mind.—v.t. to place in a particular manner.—v.i. to assume an affected manner.—ns. Pos′ture-mā′ker Pos′ture-mas′ter one who teaches or practises artificial postures of the body: an acrobat; Pos′turer Pos′turist an acrobat.

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