pose /pәuz/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
• (v.) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
• (v.) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

Chinese translation

• n. 姿势, 姿态, 装模作样, 伪装
• vi. 摆姿势, 装模作样, 假装
• vt. 使摆好姿势, 提出, 造成

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/pәuz/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.1 · Rare

Word forms

posed, poses, posing

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