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单词 uptilt
释义

uptilt

[ uhp-tilt ]
/ ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb (used with object)

to tilt up.

Origin of uptilt

First recorded in 1900–05; up- + tilt1

Words nearby uptilt

up the wall, upthrow, upthrust, uptick, uptight, uptilt, uptime, uptitling, up to, up to a point, up-to-date
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Example sentences from the Web for uptilt

  • He laid the level rod on a rock and inclined it at the same steep pitch as the uptilt of the gorge bottom.

    Out of the Depths|Robert Ames Bennet
  • That identical "well" with its uptilt of question had been on George's tongue.

    The Sturdy Oak|Samuel Merwin, et al.
  • There was the merest flavor of playful sarcasm in the uptilt of the word, but it was gone when she went on.

    The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
  • A third uptilt, the great Okanogan, in northern Washington, soon appears.

    The Guardians of the Columbia|John H. (John Harvey) Williams

British Dictionary definitions for uptilt

uptilt
/ (ʌpˈtɪlt) /

verb

(tr) to tilt up
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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