puissance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/|/ˈpwɪ-/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. power, might or potency countable,uncountable
    — The Sarazin ſore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his ſword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff: / Each others equall puiſſaunce enuies, / And through their iron ſides with cruelties / Does ſeeke to perce: repining courage yields / No foote to foe.
  2. The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping. countable,uncountable
    — It was in Dublin that San Lucas scored his first success in what has become something of a speciality for him, the puissance.

词形变化

puissances plural Puissance alternative

词源

From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).
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