Poise
[pɒɪz] or [pɔɪz]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium.
(verb.) hold or carry in equilibrium.
(verb.) cause to be balanced or suspended.
(verb.) be motionless, in suspension; 'The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked'.
錄入:卢--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
(v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
(v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
(v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
(n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
(n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
(n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
(v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
編輯:普鲁登斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Balance, equilibrium, equipoise.
v. a. Balance, hold or place in equilibrium.
整理:米莉
同義詞及反義詞：
[See BALANCE]
珍妮特錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to balance: to make of equal weight: to examine.—v.i. to hang in suspense.—n. weight: state of balance: equilibrium: a weight which balances another: a regulating power: the weight used in steelyards.—n. Pois′er one who or that which poises.
欧内斯特整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Although the weight is estimated at several tons, so sensitive is its poise on the mercury that the enormous lantern may be easily rotated by the pressure of one’s finger. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- Then he turned to watch the proceeding below, poised like some wild bird ready to take swift wing at the first sign of danger. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 世紀發明.
- She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- For what seemed an eternity to my overwrought nerves I remained poised thus. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- She glanced behind, and with a wild cry of laughter and challenge, veered, poised, and was gone beyond the grey stone buttress. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I know he's always a saucy creature, said Rosa, poising herself on one of her little feet, and looking maliciously at Adolph. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- 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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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