tilt
verb /tɪlt/
/tɪlt/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tilt | /tɪlt/ /tɪlt/ |
| he / she / it tilts | /tɪlts/ /tɪlts/ |
| past simple tilted | /ˈtɪltɪd/ /ˈtɪltɪd/ |
| past participle tilted | /ˈtɪltɪd/ /ˈtɪltɪd/ |
| -ing form tilting | /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ /ˈtɪltɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, into a position with one side or end higher than the other
（使）倾斜，倾侧 - (+ adv./prep.) Suddenly the boat tilted to one side
小船突然倾向一侧。 - The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever.
按这个控制柄，座位就向前倾斜。 - tilt something (+ adv./prep.) His hat was tilted slightly at an angle.
他的帽子有点歪。 - She tilted her head back and looked up at me with a smile.
她仰起头含笑看着我。
- Her face was tilted towards the sky.
她仰面朝天。 - She thought for a minute, her head tilted to one side.
她歪着头想了一会儿。 - The ground tilted (= sloped) sharply downwards.
地面倾斜得很厉害。 - Tilt the mirror away from you.
把镜子向后倾斜。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- gently
- slightly
- …
- away from
- towards/toward
- tilted to one side
- (+ adv./prep.) Suddenly the boat tilted to one side
- [transitive, intransitive] tilt (something/somebody) (in favour of/away from something/somebody) to make something/somebody change slightly so that one particular opinion, person, etc. is preferred or more likely to succeed than another; to change in this way
使倾向于；使向…倾斜；偏向 - 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。 - Popular opinion has tilted in favour of the socialists.
公众舆论已倒向社会党人一边。
- The conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the Kenyan runners.
词源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’.
Idioms
tilt at windmills
- to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies
攻击假想敌；庸人自扰