poise

poise1
noun
[mass noun]
  1. graceful and elegant bearing in a person
    幽雅的姿势
    poise and good deportment can be cultivated.
    幽雅的姿态和举止是可以培养的。
    ■composure and dignity of manner
    沉着，镇定
    at least he had a moment to think, to recover his poise.
    至少他有思索的时间，有恢复镇定的时间。
  2. (archaic)balance; equilibrium
    (古)平衡；平稳
verb
  1. be or cause to be balanced or suspended
    （使）平衡；（使）悬浮
    [no obj.]he poised motionless on his toes.
    他踮着脚指头一动不动地站立着。
    [with obj.]the world was poised between peace and war.
    世界处于和平与战争之间。
    ■(be poised)(of a person or organization) be ready and prepared to do something
    （人，组织）准备（做某事）
    [with infinitive]teachers are poised to resume their attack on government school tests.
    老师们准备要恢复对政府组织的学校测试的抨击。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'weight'): from Old French pois, peis (noun), peser (verb), from an alteration of Latin pensum 'weight', from the verb pendere 'weigh'. From the early senses of 'weight' and 'measure of weight' arose the notion of 'equal weight, balance', leading to the extended senses 'composure' and 'elegant bearing'
poise2
noun
  1. (Physics)a unit of dynamic viscosity, such that a tangential force of one dyne per square centimetre causes a velocity change one centimetre per second between two parallel planes separated by one centimetre in a liquid
    (物理)泊
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: from the name of Jean L. M. Poiseuille (1799–1869), French physician
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