英语词汇“posture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	posture
释义	pos·ture I. \ˈpäschə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Italian postura, from Latin positura, position, from positus (past participle of ponere to place, put) + -ura -ure — more at position 1. : relative arrangement of the different parts especially of the body : the characteristic position or bearing of the body or that assumed for a special purpose < exercises for good posture > < a sitting posture > < posture at the table > specifically : the pose of a model or artistic figure < draws her in three postures > 2. : relative place or position : situation < the posture of the earth to the sun > < forced the English phrases into makeshift postures — W.K.Wimsatt > 3. : state or condition at a given time; especially : situation relative to the attitude of persons or the disposition of things involved < survey the posture of affairs — John Buchan > < put the country in a posture of defense > 4. : frame of mind : attitude < a posture of moral superiority — R.L.Strout > Synonyms: see state II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. : to put into or make assume a given posture : pose < a ballet mistress posturing her dancers > < figures … postured, as in sculpture — Sheldon Cheney > 2. obsolete : to put in place : set *intransitive verb* 1. : to assume a particular physical posture or series of postures; especially : to strike a pose for effect < a young woman postured in leg-revealing shorts — Time > 2. : to assume an artificial or pretended attitude : pose, attitudinize < posturing as the friend of the oppressed > < you've postured … till everyone's sick of you — Stephen McKenna >
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