单词 | pou sto |
释义 | pou sto/ˌpuː ˈstəʊ/noun A place on which to stand, a standing place; (figurative ) a basis of operation. OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), novelist and educationist. From Hellenistic Greek ποῦ στῶ ‘where I may stand’; from the saying attributed to Archimedes, δός μοι ποῦ στῶ, καὶ κινῶ τὴν γῆν ‘give me (a place) where I may stand, and I will move the earth’. |
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