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poised 音標拼音: [p'ɔɪzd] adj. 泰然 泰然 poised adj 1: marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; " a gull in poised flight"; " George' s poised hammer" 2: in full control of your faculties; " the witness remained collected throughout the cross- examination"; " perfectly poised and sure of himself"; " more self- contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; " strong and self- possessed in the face of trouble" [ synonym: { collected}, { equanimous}, { poised}, { self- collected}, { self- contained}, { self- possessed}] Poise \ Poise\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Poised}, ; p. pr. & vb. n. { Poising}.] [ OE. poisen, peisen, OF. & F. peser, to weigh, balance, OF. il peise, il poise, he weighs, F. il p[` e] se, fr. L. pensare, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See { Poise}, n., and cf. { Pensive}.] [ Formerly written also { peise}.] 1. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance. [ 1913 Webster] Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance. [ 1913 Webster] One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh. [ 1913 Webster] He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To weigh ( down); to oppress. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to- morrow. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
balanced \ bal" anced\ adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; -- opposite of { unbalanced}. the carefully balanced seesaw a properly balanced symphony orchestra a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history a balanced blend of whiskeys the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers [ Narrower terms: { counterbalanced, counter- balanced, counterpoised}; { well- balanced}; { poised}] [ Related terms: stable --- ( maintaining equilibrium)] [ WordNet 1. 5] 70 Moby Thesaurus words for " poised": apoise, arrogant, assured, balanced, calm, cocksure, collected, composed, confident, controlled, convinced, cool, decided, determined, dignified, easy, easygoing, equanimous, equibalanced, equilibrious, equiponderant, equiponderous, hovering, hubristic, imperturbable, levelheaded, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, placid, pompous, positive, possessed, prepared, proud, ready, reassured, recollected, reserved, secure, sedate, self- assured, self- confident, self- controlled, self- important, self- possessed, self- reliant, self- restrained, serene, staid, sure, suspended, symmetric, teetering, together, tottering, tranquil, trembling, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled, unwavering, waiting, wavering, well- balanced, wobbling
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