mindmap root((姿态)) pose implies an attitude deliberately assumed in order to impress others or to call attention to oneself: her shyness was just a ~. air may suggest natural acquirement through environment or way of life: years of living in Europe had given him a sophisticated ~. airs always implies artificiality and pretentiousness: a snobby couple much given to putting on ~. affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere: his foreign accent is an ~. mannerism applies to an acquired peculiarity of behavior or speech that has become a habit: gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable ~.