tilt

• vi. 倾斜；翘起；以言词或文字抨击
• vt. 使倾斜；使翘起
• n. 倾斜
• n. (Tilt)人名；(英)蒂尔特

来自古英语 tealt,倾斜的，不稳的，来自 Proto-Germanic*taltaz,倾斜，摇晃。引申词义倾斜， 倾侧，可能进一步引申词义马上打斗，骑马比武，并抽象化为打击，抨击。

1. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

"they were involved in a violent argument"

3. a slight but noticeable partiality;

"the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"

4. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

"the tower had a pronounced tilt"

"the ship developed a list to starboard"

"he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

5. pitching dangerously to one side

tilt

tilt: [14] Tilt originally meant ‘fall over’; the sense ‘slant’ is not recorded before the 16th century. The word is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English *tyltan, whose ultimate source would have been the prehistoric Germanic adjective *taltaz ‘unsteady’ (ancestor also of Swedish tulta ‘totter’). Tilt ‘joust’ (first recorded in the 16th century) has traditionally been regarded as the same word, based presumably on the notion of making one’s opponent ‘fall over’, but this is not certain.

tilt (v.1)

Old English *tyltan "to be unsteady," from tealt "unsteady," from Proto-Germanic *taltaz (cognates: Old Norse tyllast "to trip," Swedish tulta "to waddle," Norwegian tylta "to walk on tip-toe," Middle Dutch touteren "to swing"). Meaning "to cause to lean, tip, slope" (1590s) is from sense of "push or fall over." Intransitive sense "to lean, tip" first recorded 1620s. Related: Tilted; tilting.

tilt (n.1)

"a joust, a combat," 1510s, perhaps from tilt (v.1) on the notion of "to lean" into an attack, but the word originally seems to have been the name of the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt in an earlier meaning "covering of coarse cloth, an awning" (mid-15c.). This is perhaps from tilt (v.1), or related to or influenced by tent. Watkins derives it from Old English teld "awning, tent," related to beteldan "to cover," from Proto-Germanic *teldam "thing spread out." Hence, also full tilt (c. 1600). Pinball machine sense is from 1934.

tilt (n.2)

"condition of being tilted," 1837, from tilt (v.1).

tilt (v.2)

"to joust," 1590s, from tilt (n.1). Related: Tilted; tilting. The figurative sense of tilting at windmills is suggested in English by 1798; the image is from Don Quixote, who mistook them for giants.

So saying, and heartily recommending himself to his lady Dulcinea, whom he implored to succour him in this emergency, bracing on his target, and setting his lance in the rest, he put his Rozinante to full speed, and assaulting the nearest windmill, thrust it into one of the sails, which was drove about by the wind with so much fury, that the lance was shivered to pieces, and both knight and steed whirled aloft, and overthrown in very bad plight upon the plain. [Smollett translation, 1755]

tip, slope, tilt

这些动词均含"倾斜"之意。

tip： 指向一边倾斜或向上翻转、失去平衡或完全翻转过来。

slope： 指向上或向下渐渐倾斜的表面，多用于山、屋顶等缓缓倾斜。

tilt： 指有意识地或长时间地使物体处于倾斜状态。

Suddenly the boat tilted to one side.

小船突然倾向一侧。

牛津词典

The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever.

按这个控制柄，座位就向前倾斜。

牛津词典

His hat was tilted slightly at an angle.

他的帽子有点歪。

牛津词典

She tilted her head back and looked up at me with a smile.

她仰起头含笑看着我。

牛津词典

The conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the Kenyan runners.

这些条件可能对肯尼亚赛跑运动员有利。

牛津词典

Popular opinion has tilted in favour of the socialists.

公众舆论已倒向社会党人一边。

牛津词典

He was tilting at the top prize.

他在力争夺魁。

牛津词典

The table is at a slight tilt.

这桌子有点儿歪。

牛津词典

He answered with a tilt of his head.

他歪着头回答。

牛津词典

She aims to have a tilt at the world championship next year.

她的目标是明年问鼎世界冠军。

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She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair...

她斜过镜子开始梳理头发。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body...

伦纳德把椅子向后倾斜，仅以两条腿作支撑，然后舒展开他长长的身躯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him...

玛丽把头向后仰，以便能看到他。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His wife tilted his head to the side and inspected the wound...

妻子把他的头侧过去检查他的伤口。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...calculations based on our understanding of the tilt of the earth's axis...

基于我们对地轴倾斜度的了解的计算

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the abrupt tilt of the hill...

山势的陡峭

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When the political climate tilted towards fundamentalism he was threatened...

当政治气候倾向于原教旨主义时，他受到了威胁。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He continued to urge the Conservative Party to tilt rightwards...

他继续敦促保守党奉行右倾路线。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The chairman also criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending.

主席也批评该计划倾向于主张高税收而不是低消费。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His first tilt at Parliament came in the same year but he failed to win the seat...

同年，他首次尝试进入国会，但没有赢得席位。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was determined to use his remaining year with Manchester United for one last tilt at the League title.

他决心利用他效力曼彻斯特联队的剩余一年时间最后一次冲击联赛冠军。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

As John approached at full tilt he saw a queue of traffic blocking the road...

约翰全速接近的时候，看到一大串车辆挡住了道路。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Larry Layton's trial is going full tilt right now.

拉里·莱顿一案的审判工作即将全面展开。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was making a major effort to tilt American policy towards Africa.

他正在作出重大努力使美国政策向非洲倾斜.

辞典例句

We used the results of focal mechanism solution to explain abnormal characteristics of tilt very well.

并用震源机制解的结果对地倾斜的异常特征作了较好的解释.

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