| 释义 |
tilt·er
I. \ˈtiltə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: tilt (I) + -er
1. : one that tilts: as
a. : jouster
b. : a workman who operates a helve hammer
c. : a workman who tilts out coal
d. : a contrivance for emptying something (as a barrel or carboy) by tilting
e. : a contrivance for varying the pitch of something (as the slats of a venetian blind)
f. : tilt 6
2.
a. : spotted sandpiper
b. : solitary sandpiper
c. : avocet
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: freq. of tilt (I)
: to swing up and down : seesaw, teeter |