poise

v.使平衡,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
poise (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) - balance , especially to hold or carry in equilibrium - carried a water jar poised on her head
b) to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position - poised her fork and gave her guest a knowing look Louis Bromfield
2.
to hold or carry (the head) in a particular way
3.
intransitive verb
to put into readiness - brace
1.
to become drawn up into readiness
2.
- hover
poise (noun)
1.
a stably balanced state - equilibrium a poise between widely divergent impulses F. R. Leavis
2.
a) easy self-possessed assurance of manner gracious tact in coping or handling , also the pleasantly tranquil interaction between persons of poise - no angry outbursts marred the poise of the meeting
b) a particular way of carrying oneself - bearing carriage tact
poise (noun)
a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity equal to the viscosity of a fluid that would require a shearing force of one dyne to impart to a one-square-centimeter area of an arbitrary layer of the fluid a velocity of one centimeter per second relative to another layer separated from the first by a distance of one centimeter
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
poise (noun)
1.
a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another
SYNONYMS:
counterpoise, equilibration, equilibrium, equipoise, poise, stasis
RELATED WORDS:
counterbalance, offset; firmness, fixedness, security, stability, steadiness
NEAR ANTONYMS:
changeability, fluctuation, inconstancy, insecurity, instability, mutability, precariousness, shakiness, unsteadiness, volatility
disequilibration, disequilibrium, imbalance, nonequilibrium, unbalance
poise (noun)
2.
a general way of holding the body
SYNONYMS:
attitude, carriage, poise, stance, station
RELATED WORDS:
attention; body language; pose, seat; bearing, behavior, conduct, demeanor, deportment; air, poise, presence; aspect, look, mien
poise (verb)
1.
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
SYNONYMS:
brace, forearm, nerve, poise, psych (up), ready, steel, strengthen
RELATED WORDS:
arm; harden, inure, season, toughen; bolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce ( reenforce), support, sustain; cheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspire; rally, rouse, stir
NEAR ANTONYMS:
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnerve; debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken
poise (verb)
2.
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
SYNONYMS:
drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft
RELATED WORDS:
bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dive, lunge, plunge; dip, immerse, submerge, submerse
settle, sink
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