| 释义 |
poise1 /poiz/ noun- Self-confidence
- Graceful carriage or balance of body
- Dignity and assurance of manner
- Balance
- Equilibrium
- Weight (obsolete)
- A weight, eg of a clock (obsolete)
- Bias
- Momentum (Spenser)
- Impact (Shakespeare)
- Suspense
transitive verb- To balance
- To hold so as to get some notion of the weight
- To carry or hold in equilibrium
- To ponder, weigh in the mind (rare)
- To weigh (obsolete)
- To weight, weigh down (obsolete)
- To make stable, ballast (obsolete)
- To counterbalance (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To hang in suspense
- To hover
- To be ready
ORIGIN: OFr poiser (Fr peser), from L pēnsāre, frequentative of pendere to weigh, and OFr pois, from L pēnsum weight poised adjective - Having or showing poise or composure
- Balanced
poisˈer noun poise2 /pwäz/ noun A CGS unit of viscosity, equal to 0.1 pascal seconds ORIGIN: JLM Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician |