| 单词 | yoga posture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoga posture b. With reference to any of various physical positions used in practising yoga, as yoga pose, yoga position, yoga posture, etc. Cf. asana n.Sometimes with specific reference to the lotus position (cf. lotus n. Compounds 1b). [Compare Sanskrit yogāsana yogasana n.] ΚΠ 1818 W. Ward View Hindoos (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 386 When he has become perfect in the yogŭ-posture, he will no longer feel the inconveniences of heat or cold. 1886 ‘F. Anstey’ Fallen Idol viii. 172 A yogi performing his japa in the yoga posture. 1901 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 22 347 The Yoga postures..are alluded to again. 1927 Art Bull. 9 325 Men seated in yoga pose, cross-legged. 1971 Metrop. Museum Jrnl. 4 36/2 Here Brahma is seated on a double-lotus throne in a yoga position called ‘lotus seat’. 1984 Times 17 Mar. 15/3 Yoga postures..are demonstrated by a small group. 2000 Signs 25 836 A boy I know sitting in the yoga position on the ice. 2002 R. Yee Yoga Acknowl. p. ix The Sanskrit and English names for the yoga poses. < as lemmas |
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