英语词汇“posture-maker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	posture-maker
释义	ˈposture-ˌmaker a. One who makes postures or contortions; a contortionist; an acrobat: = posture-master 1. b. = posture-master 2. 1711Steele Spect. No. 258 ⁋3, I would fain ask..Why should not Rope-dancers, Vaulters, Tumblers, Ladder-walkers, and Posture-makers appear again on our Stage?1863Hawthorne Our Old Home (1879) 264 Posture-makers dislocated every joint of their body.1874Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxxviii. 9 Men need no posture-maker, or master of ceremonies, when they are eagerly pleading for mercy. So ˈposture-ˌmaking, (a) n., the art or practice of making postures or contortions of the body; (b) pres. pple., making postures. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 156 The posture-making of the United States is renowned.1851Thackeray Eng. Hum. vi, He is always..posture-making, coaxing, and imploring me.
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