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imposing 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ozɪŋ] a. 令人难忘的,壮丽的,威风的 令人难忘的,壮丽的,威风的 imposing adj 1: impressive in appearance; " a baronial mansion"; " an imposing residence"; " a noble tree"; " severe- looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; " stately columns" [ synonym: { baronial}, { imposing}, { noble}, { stately}] 2: used of a person' s appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; " his distinguished bearing"; " the monarch' s imposing presence"; " she reigned in magisterial beauty" [ synonym: { distinguished}, { grand}, { imposing}, { magisterial}] Impose \ Im* pose"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Imposing}.] [ F. imposer; pref. im- in poser to place. See { Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [ 1913 Webster] Cakes of salt and barley [ she] did impose Within a wicker basket. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. [ 1913 Webster] What fates impose, that men must needs abide. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Death is the penalty imposed. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. -- Waller. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
Imposing \ Im* pos" ing\, a. 1. Laying as a duty; enjoining. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. " Large and imposing edifices." -- Bp. Hobart. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading. [ 1913 Webster]
Imposing \ Im* pos" ing\, n. ( Print.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See { Impose}, v. t., 4. [ 1913 Webster] { Imposing stone} ( Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called also { imposing table}. [ 1913 Webster] 120 Moby Thesaurus words for " imposing": Babylonian, Corinthian, adipose, aristocratic, arty, august, awe- inspiring, awful, barbaric, baronial, beefy, big, big- bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, commanding, corpulent, courtly, deluxe, dignified, distended, dumpy, earnest, effective, elaborate, elegant, extravagant, fancy, fat, fatal, fateful, fattish, fine, fleshy, formidable, full, glorious, grand, grandiose, grave, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, high, hippy, imperial, impressive, kingly, lordly, lusty, luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, meaty, moving, noble, obese, overblown, overweight, palatial, paunchy, plump, plush, podgy, portentous, portly, posh, potbellied, princely, proud, pudgy, puffy, pursy, queenly, regal, ritzy, roly- poly, rotund, royal, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, sounding, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stately, statuesque, stocky, stout, strapping, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, swollen, thick- bodied, thickset, top- heavy, tubby, venerable, weighty, well- fed, worthy
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