postureyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[posture 词源字典]
posture: see position
[posture etymology, posture origin, 英语词源]
posture (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus from past participle stem of ponere "to put, place" (see position (n.)).
posture (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, literal, from posture (n.). The figurative sense of "take up an artificial mental position" is attested from 1877. Related: Postured; posturing.