Pose



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• v. 摆姿势; 造作
• ［英］ v. 摆姿势 ( to assume a posture) ; 造作 ( to affect an attitude to impress)
• ［例］ She posed and smiled for the cameraman.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (posed; posing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French poser, from Vulgar Latin *pausare, from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to set forth or offer for attention or consideration <let me pose a question>
    • b. to come to attention as ; present <smoking poses a health risk>
  • 2.
    • a. to put or set in place
    • b. to place (as a model) in a studied attitude
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes
  • 2. to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress <posed as a doctor to gain access to the ward>

II. noun

• Date: 1818
• 1. a sustained posture; especially one assumed for artistic effect
• 2. an attitude, role, or characteristic assumed for effect
• Synonyms:
  • pose, air, airs, affectation, mannerism mean an adopted way of speaking or behaving. pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others <her shyness was just a pose>. air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life<a traveler's sophisticated air>. airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness<snobbish airs>. affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere<the posh accent is an affectation>. mannerism applies to an acquired eccentricity that has become a habit<gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism>.

III. transitive verb (posed; posing)

• Etymology: short for earlier appose, from Middle English apposen, alteration of opposen to oppose
• Date: 1593
• puzzle, baffle

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