1Ballet A posture in which the feet are placed turned outwards one in front of the other, separated by the distance of one step.
〔芭蕾〕脚的四位
Example sentencesExamples
He opens the door in tights, a cashmere sweater jauntily tied around his neck, his feet in a very good fourth position.
Preparations for pirouettes are disguised by making them quicker without sitting in the plié - the back leg is straight in fourth position.
He produces explosiveness by establishing a solid foundation from which to work - deep plies; cross-braced, turned-out fourth positions; wound-up bodies that unfurl a vortex of energy.
1.1A position of the arms in which one is held curved over the head and the other curved in front of the body at waist level.
手（或臂）的四位
2Music A position of the left hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer to the bridge than the third position, enabling a higher set of notes to be played.
〔乐〕四位
Example sentencesExamples
There are many fewer preparations for second and fourth position than for third and fifth.
It is the first note to be sharp in the seventh, third, sixth, second, fifth, first and fourth positions.
Yes she has learnt fourth position but I think what her teacher wants is now to get her used to playing extensions in first positions.
Definition of fourth position in US English:
fourth position
noun
1Ballet A posture in which the feet are placed turned outward one in front of the other, separated by the distance of one step.
〔芭蕾〕脚的四位
Example sentencesExamples
He produces explosiveness by establishing a solid foundation from which to work - deep plies; cross-braced, turned-out fourth positions; wound-up bodies that unfurl a vortex of energy.
He opens the door in tights, a cashmere sweater jauntily tied around his neck, his feet in a very good fourth position.
Preparations for pirouettes are disguised by making them quicker without sitting in the plié - the back leg is straight in fourth position.
1.1A position of the arms in which one is held curved over the head and the other curved in front of the body at waist level.
手（或臂）的四位
2Music A position of the left hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer to the bridge than the third position, enabling a higher set of notes to be played.
〔乐〕四位
Example sentencesExamples
Yes she has learnt fourth position but I think what her teacher wants is now to get her used to playing extensions in first positions.
There are many fewer preparations for second and fourth position than for third and fifth.
It is the first note to be sharp in the seventh, third, sixth, second, fifth, first and fourth positions.