| 单词 | tilt |
| 释义 | tilt (tɪlt ) Word forms: tilts , tilting , tilted 1. verb If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair. [VERB noun] Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] The boat instantly tilted, filled and sank. [VERB] Synonyms: slant, tip, slope, list 2. verb If you tilt part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upwards or to one side. Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him. [VERB noun with adverb] The nurse tilted his head to the side and inspected the wound. [VERB noun preposition] She tilted her face to kiss me quickly on the chin. [VERB noun] Synonyms: angle, tip, lean, incline Tilt is also a noun. He opened the rear door for me with an apologetic tilt of his head. [+ of] 3. countable noun [usually singular] The tilt of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes. ...calculations based on our understanding of the tilt of the Earth's axis. [+ of] ...the abrupt tilt of the hill. The 3-metre-square slabs are on a tilt. Synonyms: slope, angle, inclination, list 4. verb If a person or thing tilts towards a particular opinion or if something tilts them towards it, they change slightly so that they become more in agreement with that opinion or position. When the political climate tilted towards fundamentalism, he was threatened. [VERB preposition/adverb] He continued to urge the Conservative Party to tilt rightwards. [VERB preposition/adverb] The paper has done much to tilt American public opinion in favour of intervention. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 5. singular noun If there is a tilt towards a particular opinion or position, that opinion or position is favoured or begins to be favoured. The chairman criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending. [+ towards] 6. countable noun A tilt at something is an attempt to win or obtain it. [journalism] His first tilt at Parliament came in the same year but he failed to win the seat. [+ at] He was determined to use his remaining year with Manchester United for one last tilt at the League title. Synonyms: bid for, crack at 7. at full tilt/full tilt phrase To move full tilt or at full tilt means to move with as much speed, energy, or force as possible. As John approached at full tilt, he saw a queue of traffic blocking the road. Idioms: tilt at windmills to waste your time on problems or issues which in other people's opinion are not really problems at all I have spent my life tilting at windmills. Will I never learn? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: tilt the scale The fallacy consists in persuading readers, and perhaps ourselves, that we have said enough to tilt the scale of evidence and therefore enough to justify a judgment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would tilt the scales back in favour of the conventional accounts. Times, Sunday Times Now, shocking revelations or others' actions tilt the scales. Times, Sunday Times So many people have suffered under this system, but we now have the opportunity of a generation to tilt the scales in favour of leaseholders. Times, Sunday Times Making verification stronger, and a right, not a privilege, would tilt the scales in favour of real people. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 使倾斜 Japanese: 傾ける/傾く |
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