puissance
noun
uk/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s//ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/us/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s//ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/puissancenoun(HORSE EVENT)
[UorS](alsoPuissance)
acompetitionin thesportofshowjumpingthattestshow highhorsescanjumpoverspecialfencesorwalls:
(马的)越障能力赛DavidMcPherson on Sheerwater BagherawonthePuissance, the only one of threefinaliststocleara 6ft 9inwall.骑“谢尔沃特 · 巴格拉”的大卫 · 麦克弗森在越障能力比赛中获胜,他是三名决赛选手中唯一成功越过6英尺9英寸障碍墙的选手。
- They areduetocompetein April's British Open Show Jumping Championship, whichfeaturesinternationalshowjumpingclasses,includingthe Puissance, whereridersfacethefamouswall- often 7ft high.
- Morrissey and Scaraberasfinishedthird this pastsummerat a Puissance in Dublin indrivingrain.
- Thesuccessof the TV show hasrevivedinterestin thesport, and puissance is the hardcoreeventofshowjumping-asortofequestrianfundamentalism.
- Thirdplacewent to Norway's Geir Gulliksen on the puissancespecialistAlex, whostoppedonceat thewallbeforeclearingit at the secondattempt.
Horse riding
- bridle
- canter
- cinch
- curry
- endurance rider
- endurance riding
- equestrianism
- eventer
- gait
- girth
- high-spirited
- jib
- jodhpurs
- mounted
- rein
- saddle-sore
- sidesaddle
- silk
- snaffle
- toreador
puissancenoun(POWER)
[U]old use
greatstrength,power, orinfluence:
权力,势力;力量,影响a King of highdegree, alordofpowerand puissance一位崇高的国王,权力与力量的领主
- How may Iservethevaliantandnoblelordwhose puissancecausesVidessos totremble?
- Heplaysa cruel-mouthedpolitician,nastilywitty, and for all hisapparentsmoothsang-froid,inwardlyimpassionedwith the puissance of hisposition.
Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- influence
- ingrain
- lever
- leverage
- power vacuum
- predominance
- pull
- redetermination
- responsibility
- sway
- tooth
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