關鍵字彙：
agile/ bask/ beckon/ clumsy/ coordination/ crawl/ creep/ crouch/ demeanor/ deportment/ hurdle/ lithe/ mien/ nestle/ nimble/ obeisance/ posture/ prostrate/ quiver/ recumbent/ sedentary/ shiver/ shudder/ slouch/ slump/ snuggle/ sprawl/ supine/ supple/ tremulous/ ungainly
1. 「姿勢」叫posture：
•The eighty-year-old man still stands in an erect posture.
2. 人「慣於久坐的」或事情「需得久坐的」叫sedentary：
•He gets very little physical exercise, for he only enjoys such sedentary activity as reading.
3. 「仰臥的」叫supine，「俯臥的」叫prostrate，「斜躺的」叫recumbent（正式）：
•The pugnacious fellow was defeated and lay supine on the floor.
•He was resting in a supine position.
•It's dangerous to let babies lie prostrate.
•The actress took a recumbent posture for the photographer to take her picture.
4. 「輕鬆自在地坐下、躺下或靠著」可用nestle或snuggle：
•The lovely baby nestled close to its mother.
•She nestled down (into the big chair) and began to read.
•She snuggled (her cheek) against his shoulder.
5. 「將手腳完全伸展地躺著或坐著」叫sprawl；「懶洋洋或顯出疲態地站著、坐著或行動」叫slouch：
•The dog sprawled out on the sofa.
•The old man was slouching in the chair.
•There were three drunks slouching across the barroom.
6. 「（坐著或躺著）曬太陽」用bask：
•I like to lie on the sand, basking in the sunshine.
7. 動作「敏捷迅速的」可用agile或nimble；身體「柔軟而有彈性的」可用lithe或supple；動作時身體肌肉的「協調」叫coordination：
•Monkeys are very agile climbers.
•You need to have agile fingers to do this kind of work.
•The nimble dancer won an enthusiastic applause.
•The dancer's figure is lithe and willowy.
•When you grow older, you become less supple.
•You would be a good horseback rider if only you could improve your coordination.
8. 「笨拙的」可用clumsy或ungainly：
•Harry is a clumsy boy constantly stumbling over his own feet.
•A clumsy dog knocked the cup over.
•The freshman is as ungainly as a newborn calf.
9. 「儀態」、「（行為）舉止」的正式用字是demeanor和deportment，文言用字則是mien：
•His demeanor has always been that of a perfect gentleman.
•His sober demeanor quieted the noisy revelers.
•The victor carried himself with a proud demeanor.
•His is gentlemanly deportment.
•The lady has an aristocratic mien.
•The judge looked at the prisoner with a thoughtful and solemn mien.
10. 「做手勢」可用beckon；鞠躬或屈膝等「敬禮」姿勢叫obeisance（正式）：
•She beckoned me to follow her.
•She made obeisance to the king as he entered the room.
11. 藉著彎下背部和膝蓋把身子放低到貼近地面－也就是「匍匐」，用crouch。另外，「爬行」叫crawl，假如強調悄悄地、不聲不響地爬則用creep：
•The cat saw the bird and crouched down ready to jump.
•The boy saw his angry father coming and crouched down behind a big tree.
•The baby crawled across the room.
•The prisoner crawled through a hole and escaped.
•There's an insect crawling up your back!
•The cat crept towards the mouse.
12. 「跳過」可用hurdle：
•The horse hurdled both the fence and the ditch.
13. 「猛然坐下或靠著」叫slump：
•Exhausted by work, he slumped into a chair.
14. 「顫抖」可用quiver、shiver或shudder，「顫抖的」叫tremulous：
•Seeing its master approaching, the dog quivered with excitement.
•The swimmer shivered with cold.
•She shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
•Brave as he was, he shuddered at the scene of the accident.
•Her tremulous hands could hardly hold the book.
•The captive was tremulous with fright.
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