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单词 posture
释义

posture

[ pos-cher ]
/ ˈpɒs tʃər /
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noun

verb (used with object), pos·tured, pos·tur·ing.

verb (used without object), pos·tured, pos·tur·ing.

Origin of posture

First recorded in 1595–1605; from French, from Italian postura, from Latin positūra.See posit, -ure

synonym study for posture

2. See position.

OTHER WORDS FROM posture

pos·tur·al, adjectivepos·tur·er, noun

Words nearby posture

postural hypotension, postural position, postural proteinuria, postural syncope, postural vertigo, posture, posture sense, posturize, postvaccinal encephalitis, postvalvar, postvertebral
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British Dictionary definitions for posture

posture
/ (ˈpɒstʃə) /

noun

verb

to assume or cause to assume a bodily position or attitude
(intr) to assume an affected or unnatural bodily or mental posture; pose

Derived forms of posture

postural, adjectiveposturer, noun

Word Origin for posture

C17: via French from Italian postura, from Latin positūra, from pōnere to place
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for posture

posture
[ pŏschər ]

n.

A position of the body or of body parts.
A characteristic or prescribed way of bearing one's body; carriage.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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