poise over

poise over (someone or something)

To stand in a steady, anticipatory position over someone or something. I woke with a fright to see my son poised over me, waiting with tears in his eyes for me to wake up. The cat poised over the mouse whole, ready to pounce the moment the rodent emerged.

poise over someone or something

to hover or hang over someone or something. She spent the entire afternoon poised over her desk, pouting. The dog poised over the downed duck, waiting for the hunter.

词组	poise over
释义	poise over poise over (someone or something) To stand in a steady, anticipatory position over someone or something. I woke with a fright to see my son poised over me, waiting with tears in his eyes for me to wake up. The cat poised over the mouse whole, ready to pounce the moment the rodent emerged. See also: over, poise Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. poise over someone or something to hover or hang over someone or something. She spent the entire afternoon poised over her desk, pouting. The dog poised over the downed duck, waiting for the hunter. See also: over, poise McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: poise over (someone or something) cull (someone or something) out of (something) cull out of sit up juice (someone or something) back to life give (someone) the fright of (someone's) life get the fright of (one's) life receive the fright of (one's) life constrain constrain (one) from (doing something)
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