| 单词 | equal poise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasequal (also even) poise 5. equal (also even) poise: the condition of being equally weighted on both sides; balance, equilibrium. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium evennessa1398 peisea1400 equal (also even) poise1555 counterpoise1594 libration1603 equal, even scale1604 equilibre1621 poise1621 poisurea1625 balance1642 equilibrity1644 equilibrium1660 equipoise1661 equipoisure1683 equiponderancy1710 equiponderance1775 repose1805 equibalance1841 stasis1920 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 94v A payre of balances whose weyght inclynynge from the equall poyse in the myddest [L. ex axe medio librae] towarde eyther of the sydes. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ix. 75 b To keepe..an equal poyze of matrymoniall consent and agreemente together betweene them [sc. mind and body]. a1649 R. Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro (1652) 106 O Heart! the æquall poise of lou'es both parts. 1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 1 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) This already reduces me to an even Poise. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 40 And that demands a Mind in equal Poize. 1780 Direct. for breeding Game Cocks 33 Pay a strict attention to their manner of fighting, for if they keep the battle on an equal poise against good cocks, and only seem to be beat by age, do not..break the necks of those at their walks. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 231 Some equal poise of sex, some unvowed love Inviolate. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) II. 124 The chariots of the gods in even poise, obeying the rein, glide rapidly. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare i. 24 Frost underfoot and sun overhead were in even poise. 2000 Courier News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) (Nexis) 14 June 1 c Where is the equal poise in justice here? They don't listen to anybody and they don't respond. < as lemmas |
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