Poised
[pɒɪzd] or [pɔɪzd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; 'a gull in poised flight'; 'George's poised hammer' .
手打:莫尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Poise
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例句/造句/用法:
- 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.
- On he hurried, his spear poised for the throw. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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