posture

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n. 姿势, 态度, 情形, 形势 vt. 作...的姿势 vi. 作姿势

发音

UK /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/
其它 /ˈpostʃə(r)/
US /ˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/
CA /ˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/
CA /ˈpɒst͡ʃɚ/
US /ˈpɒst͡ʃɚ/
AU /ˈpɔst͡ʃə/
NZ /ˈpɒst͡ʃə/
NZ /ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃə/
IN /ˈpɔstʃə(r)/

词形变化

postures 复数 postures postured postures 三单 posturing posturing 现在分词 postured 过去式 postured 过去分词

别名

positure

教材释义与例句

名词

姿势；态度；情形

动词

作…的姿势

动词

摆姿势

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The way a person holds and positions their body.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A situation or condition.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.

    可数 不可数

    1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan ...that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes; and continuall Spyes upon their neighbours; which is a posture of War.

    1912, G.K. Chesterton, A Miscellany of Men But it is not true, no sane person can call it true, that man as a whole in his general attitude towards the world, in his posture towards death or green fields, towards the weather or the baby, will be wise to cultivate dissatisfaction.

  4. 4.

    The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

    姿势

    可数 罕用 不可数

    1661, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World The Moon beheld in any posture, in respect of the Sun and us, sheweth us its superficies ... always equally clear.

v. C2
  1. 1.

    to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired

    不及物

    If you're finished posturing in front of the mirror, can I use the bathroom now?

  2. 2.

    to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction

    不及物

    The politicians couldn't really care less about the issue: they're just posturing for the media.

  3. 3.

    To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

    及物

    to posture oneself; to posture a model

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

position strength attitude carriage bearing stance

上位词 3

attitude capability capableness

下位词 10

stand walk guard presentation pose tuck stance firepower standpoint viewpoint
动词

同义词 3

sit model pose

上位词 10

do act carry bear behave conduct display expose exhibit deport

下位词 3

ramp attitudinise attitudinize

相关短语

stretch-attend posture

词源

Borrowed from Middle French posture, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra (“position, situation”). Doublet of positura.

来源：wiktionary