单词 | tilted |
释义 | tiltedadj.1 Having, or covered with, a tilt or awning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltered > from the weather > by an awning tiltedc1440 awned1881 awninged1881 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 488/1 Teltyd, gaudatus (A. caudatus). 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxviiv, in Bulwarke of Defence To be rowed up and doune, in a tilted Boat or Barge. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 230 He was in his poor tilted cart. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 557 Wheel off, like Tartars in their tilted towns. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlii. 482 Faces full of consternation in the tilted waggons that came tearing past. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). tiltedadj.2 1. Poised or thrust, as a weapon in tilting; (loosely) fought or engaged in, as a tilt or tournament. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [adjective] tilting1679 tilted1776 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad viii. 330 At just and tournay with the tilted lance Victors they rode. 1803 Visct. Strangford tr. L. V. de Camoens Poems 107 Their own compatriots..Who erst the tilted fight 'gainst England's Twelve maintain'd. 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 23 And from that hour, in court, And chase, and tilted tourney, many a month,..Men miss'd Tannhäuser. 2. Abruptly inclined or sloped from the erect or the horizontal position. In quot. 1614, obtained or emptied out by tilting the vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied > emptied out tilted1614 the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > tilted or tilting hielded?1623 canted1649 tilting1807 canting1877 tilted1892 tipped1907 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (4th impr.) sig. F Her bodie is the tilted Lees of pleasure. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 1/3 The steep northern escarpment, the tilted strata of which..suggest..the denudation of the Weald. 1906 Daily News 3 July 6 The question of speed..is..of the greatest importance where a train runs round what I may call a tilted curve. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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