tilt

tilt
verb

move or cause to move into a sloping position[no obj.](figurative)(喻)
（使）倾斜，（使）侧倾
the floor tilted slightly.
地板轻微倾斜。
the balance of industrial power tilted towards the workers.
工人开始在产业力量中占优势。
[with obj.]he tilted his head to one side.
他把头歪向一边。
■(figurative)incline or cause to incline towards a particular opinion
(喻)（使）具倾向，（使）偏
[no obj., with adverbial]he is tilting towards a new economic course.
他倾向于一种新经济道路。
■[with obj.]move (a camera) in a vertical plane
俯仰（摄影机）
[no obj.](tilt at)(historical)(喻)(in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon
(史)（格斗中）持矛冲刺（或比武）
he tilts at his prey.
他刺向猎物。
the lonely hero tilting at the system.
抨击体制的孤身勇士。
■(tilt with)(archaic)engage in a contest with
(古)争论
I resolved never to tilt with a French lady in compliment.
在恭维人方面我决心永远不和法国女士论高低。

noun

a sloping position or movement
倾斜，侧倾
the tilt of her head.
她侧着的脑袋。
mum's cup was on a tilt.
妈妈的杯子歪了。
■an upwards or downwards pivoting movement of a camera
（摄影机的）俯仰转动，上下摇摄
pans and tilts.
左右摇摄和上下摇摄。
■an inclination or bias
倾向，偏向
the paper's tilt towards the United States.
文件的亲美倾向。
■short for tilt cab or tilt hammer
tilt cab 或 tilt hammer 的简称
■(Canadian)a small hut in a forest
(加)林中小木屋
■[in place names]a slope or incline
斜坡；倾斜面
Glen Tilt.
格伦坡。
(historical)a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust
(史)骑马持矛冲刺，马上比枪；比武
■(tilt at)an attempt at winning (something) or defeating (someone), especially in sporting contexts
（尤指向体育目标发起的）冲刺，进攻
a tilt at the European Cup.
向欧洲杯的冲刺。

常用词组
(at) full tilt

with maximum energy or force; at top speed
全力地；全速地

tilt at windmills

attack imaginary enemies or evils
同假想的敌人（或坏事）作斗争

派生
tilter
noun
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'fall or cause to fall, topple'): perhaps related to Old English tealt 'unsteady', or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten 'unsteady' and Swedish tulta 'totter'

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