1.A blue automobile came to the school and Frederick’s mother got out and walked into the commandant’s residence and emerged soon afterward, tilted against the weight of Frederick’s duffel bag, looking very small.
英：[ˈtɪltɪd]
美：[ˈtɪltɪd]
verb (1)
transitive verb
to cause to have an inclination
to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt
tilt a lance
to charge against
tilt an adversary
intransitive verb
to move or shift so as to lean or incline : slant
to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy
to engage in a combat with lances : joust
to make an impetuous attack
tilt at social evils
noun (1)
the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted
a sloping surface
slant, bias
a tilt toward military involvement
speed see full tilt
dispute, contention
any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances
a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other : joust
a tournament of tilts
noun (2)
a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall
verb (2)
transitive verb
to cover or provide with a tilt
tilt angle倾斜角
tilt table倾斜台；摆动升降台
at full tilt全速地；全力以赴地
gradient, raked
pitched, tipped
Verb (1) and Noun (1) Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter Noun (2) Middle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent
The first known use of tilt was in the 15th century
timberlandnoun
wooded land especially with timber fit for sale
timbernoun
growing trees or their wood
—used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree
wood for use in making something
a usually large piece of wood squared or finished for use
tiltmeternoun
an instrument that measures the tilt of the earth's surface
tilt1 of 2verb
to move or shift so as to slant or tip
to take part in a contest with lances : joust
tilt2 of 2noun
a contest on horseback in which two opponents charging with lances try to unhorse each other : joust
a contest with words between opponents
speed entry 1 sense 1b
at full tilt
the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted
tilthnoun
tillage sense 2
the state of a soil with respect to the suitability of its particle size and structure for growing crops
tilt1 of 2verb
to move or shift so as to slant or tip
to take part in a contest with lances : joust
tilt2 of 2noun
a contest on horseback in which two opponents charging with lances try to unhorse each other : joust
a contest with words between opponents
speed entry 1 sense 1b
at full tilt
the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted
tilt1 of 2verb
to move or shift so as to slant or tip
to take part in a contest with lances : joust
tilt2 of 2noun
a contest on horseback in which two opponents charging with lances try to unhorse each other : joust
a contest with words between opponents
speed entry 1 sense 1b
at full tilt
the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted
1.A blue automobile came to the school and Frederick’s mother got out and walked into the commandant’s residence and emerged soon afterward, tilted against the weight of Frederick’s duffel bag, looking very small.
2.Shawn slumped on a bench, his back against the wall, his face tilted toward the floor.
3.It was dusk, a brief November twilight, and Carl was watching snow geese land in low flooded wheat, his square chin set, his head tilted up, a man’s blond stubble on his jaw.
4.The pillar is a little tilted.
柱子有点斜.
5.Her chin was still tilted down, but her eyes were straight on him like nobody’s business.
6.And there was Mr. Dalton, white-faced, white-haired; and beside him was Mrs. Dalton, still and straight, her face, as always, tilted trustingly upward, to one side.
7.He’s got Peeta's nose blocked off but his mouth tilted open, and he’s blowing air into his lungs.
8.It tilted, and the bus lurched upward so fast I fell back and crashed against something soft.
9.The doctor tilted her head and pushed up her glasses.
10.He tilted Kaz’s head back roughly and forced his mouth open, feeling around with fat fingers.
11.The eyebrows were shaggy and tilted and the eyes were dark as coal so that he seemed very sad.
12.She tilted her head to one side and smiled.
13.Naomi tilted her head up so she could see the outlines of his face in the dark.
14.I tilted my chin back so Coach could have a good look at my stitches.
15.June tilted her head at Ivy but didn’t ask her to explain.
16.Ampai tilted her head and raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to go on.
17.He jerked the wheel, and the entire truck tilted like a bomb had gone off underneath it.
18.He tilted his head toward a bust that sat high on a shelf against the far wall of his office.
19.The judge tilted his great head.
法官歪着他那超乎常人的脑袋。
20.Susan tilted her head to delve the mystery, could not, and turned back to the job of packing canvas carriers with food, hoods, and jesses for the eagle, hawks, owls, and falcons.
shift/tip/tilt the balance of power
tilt at
tilt at windmills
tilt-rotor
