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stance

N ท่า ตี ลูก กอล์ฟ  ta-te-luk-kof

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STANCE

Stance, n. Etym: [OF. estance. See Stanza. ]

 

1. A stanza. [Obs. ] Chapman.

 

2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stance

stance |stans stæns | noun 1 the way in which someone stands, esp. when deliberately adopted (as in baseball, golf, and other sports ); a person's posture: she altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg. the attitude of a person or organization toward something; a standpoint: the party is changing its stance on the draft. 2 Climbing a ledge or foothold on which a belay can be secured. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a standing place ): from French, from Italian stanza .

 

Oxford Dictionary

stance

stance |stɑːns, stans | noun 1 the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports ); a person's posture: she altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg. the attitude of a person or organization towards something; a standpoint: the party is changing its stance on Europe. 2 Scottish a site on a street for a market, street vendor's stall, or taxi rank. 3 Climbing a ledge or foothold on which a belay can be secured. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a standing place ): from French, from Italian stanza .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stance

stance noun 1 a natural golfer's stance: posture, body position, pose, attitude. 2 a liberal stance: attitude, stand, point of view, viewpoint, opinion, way of thinking, outlook, standpoint, position, angle, perspective, approach, line, policy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stance

stance noun 1 the kick is performed by starting from a natural stance and bringing up the right leg: posture, body position, pose, attitude, bearing. 2 it is possible for individual teachers to take a more liberal stance: attitude, stand, point of view, viewpoint, opinion, way of thinking, outlook, standpoint, posture, position, angle, perspective, approach, slant, thinking, line, policy, thoughts, ideas, sentiments, feelings.

 

French Dictionary

stance

stance n. f. nom féminin 1 vieux Groupe de vers (entre trois et douze ). : Une stance de quatre vers est un quatrain. SYNONYME strophe . 2 au pluriel Poème lyrique d ’inspiration religieuse, morale ou s ’apparentant à l ’élégie. Note Orthographique st a nce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stance

stance /stæns /名詞 C 〖通例a /one's 1 «…に対する » (精神的 感情的な )態度, 立場 «on » take a tough stance on Europe ヨーロッパに厳しい姿勢をとる 2 スポーツ (ゴルフ 野球などの )スタンス, (打者の )足の位置 ; 立った姿勢 ; (選手がプレーを開始する時の )構え, 姿勢 an open [a closed ] stance オープン [クローズド ]スタンス crouch into a fighting stance かがみこんだ戦いの姿勢をとる