attitude

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself. countable,uncountable
    — The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
  2. A disposition or state of mind. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — Don't give me your negative attitude.
  3. Unpleasant behavior. Canada,Philippines,UK,US,countable
    — He doesn't take attitude from anybody.
  4. The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc. countable,uncountable
    — The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
  5. A position similar to an arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee. countable,uncountable
    — Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.
动词 v.
  1. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
    — […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers;[…]
  2. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
    — He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.

词形变化

attitudes plural attitudes present,singular,third-person attituding participle,present attituded participle,past attituded past

词源

词源 1
From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.
词源 2
From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.
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