poise

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第三人稱單數:?poises;過去式:?poised;過去分詞:?poised;現在分詞:?poising;

1. pendere (past participle pensus) "to weigh" => poise.
2. pens- => pois- => poise.
3. 該詞來自法語。

poise 使平衡，穩定

來自法語pois,重量，稱量，平衡，來自拉丁語pensum,稱重，重物，來自pendere,懸掛，稱量，詞源同pendulum,ponder.引申詞義使穩定，平衡。

poise: poise: see ponder
poise (n.): early 15c., "weight, quality of being heavy," later "significance, importance" (mid-15c.), from Old French pois "weight, balance, consideration" (12c., Modern French poids), from Medieval Latin pesum "weight," from Latin pensum "something weighted or weighed," (source of Proven?al and Catalan pes, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian peso), noun use of neuter past participle of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant).

The sense of "steadiness, composure" first recorded 1640s, from notion of being equally weighted on either side (1550s). Meaning "balance" is from 1711; meaning "way in which the body is carried" is from 1770.
poise (v.): late 14c., "to have a certain weight," from stressed form of Old French peser "to weigh, be heavy; weigh down, be a burden; worry, be a concern," from Vulgar Latin *pesare, from Latin pensare "to weigh carefully, weigh out, counter-balance," frequentative of pendere (past participle pensus) "to weigh" (see pendant). For form evolution from Latin to French, see OED. Meaning "to place in equilibrium" is from 1630s (compare equipoise). Passive sense of "to be ready" (to do something) is from 1932. Related: Poised; poising. In 15c. a poiser was an official who weighed goods.

2. What amazed him even more than her appearance was her poise.: 她的容貌讓他驚嘆，而更讓他驚訝的是她的沉著。