单词 | to strike an attitude |
释义 | > as lemmasto strike an attitude a. A posture of the body proper to, or implying, some action or mental state assumed by human beings or animals. to strike an attitude: to assume it theatrically, and not as the unstudied expression of action or passion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > proper to or implying an action or mental state attitudea1731 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > use affected posture or gesture attitudinize1784 to strike an attitude1883 a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) II. 62 He took the two men, and put them in the same attitude. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xiii. 330 These various Positions peculiar to Animal Bodies, and to the human above the rest (commonly known by the name of Attitudes). 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All i. 4 She stood with her arms by her side in the attitude of waiting. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vi. 140 He stands, in the Oriental attitude of prayer. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xviii. 211 You will find him..striking pious attitudes at every new object of reverence. < as lemmas |
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