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puissance

noun
🔊/ˈpwiːsɒ̃s/
🔊/ˈpwɪsəns/
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  1. Puissance
     [singular] a competition in showjumping to test a horse’s ability to jump high fences（马的）越障能力测试赛Topics Sports: other sportsc2
  2. [uncountable] (literary) great power or influence大权；权势；影响力
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, ‘power’, from puissant ‘having power’, from Latin posse ‘be able’. Sense 1 dates from the 1950s.