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单词 pose
释义 pose
I. \ˈpōz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English posen, from Middle French poser, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin (Gaul) pausare (influenced in meaning by Latin pos-, perfect stem of ponere to put, place), from Late Latin, to stop, rest — more at position, pause
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to put or set in place or in a given position
  < posed his spectacles, and read the obituary — Arnold Bennett >
  < this hat features an elongated … brim posed midway down on the forehead — Women's Wear Daily >
 b. : to place (as a model or sitter) in a studied attitude with attention to posture and ensemble
  < great photographers have posed her — Joseph Bryan >
2.
 a. : to put or set forth : present, offer
  < a number of the points … were posed in an unsatisfactory way — New York Times >
  < posed a resistance to the … concept — Roger Burlingame >
  < posed the greatest threat of dismemberment — E.S.Morgan >
 b. : propound
  < posing so many puzzles — Irish Digest >
  < pose exactly the same issue — S.L.Payne >
  < questions which can be posed by the students themselves — Bard College Bulletin >
intransitive verb
1. : to place oneself in a given posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes
 < pose for a photographer >
 < pose for a picture >
 < the birds were quiet and posed beautifully — C.L.Barrett >
2. : to assume a given attitude or character usually with a view to deceive or impress : strike an attitude : attitudinize
 < posed in public speeches as a man of the people — G.A.Craig >
 < good poetry does not pose — C.S.Kilby >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from poser
1. : a fixed or sustained posture of the body or of a part of the body
 < the free pose of the girl — Winston Churchill >
especially : one assumed for artistic effect
 < a set of about three short poses culminating in a grand tableau — Faubion Bowers >
or affectation
 < his every movement is a pose >
2.
 a. : a mental posture : frame of mind
  < the pose of the book is one of critical detachment — A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 >
 b. : an attitude that is affected : an attitude assumed for effect : pretense
  < his directness was a pose, his professional pose — Louis Auchincloss >
  < his deprecation of the human strikes us a kind of pose — L.A.Fiedler >
 c. : posing, attitudinizing
  < an age of pose >
  < an everyday touch and a minimum of pose — Jack Gould >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pos, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse posi pouch, purse; akin to Old English posa, pusa bag, Old High German pfoso pouch, and perhaps to Old English pocca, pohha bag — more at poke
chiefly Scotland : a secret treasure : hoard
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: short for earlier appose, from Middle English apposen, alteration of opposen to oppose — more at oppose
1. obsolete : question
2. : to puzzle by or as if by questioning : put in a quandary : baffle, nonplus
 < determined not to be posed — Lucy M. Montgomery >
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