tilt
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they tilt | |
| he / she / it tilts | |
| past simple tilted | |
| past participle tilted | |
| -ing form tilting |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move, or make something move, into a position with one side or end higher than the other （使）倾斜，倾侧 - (+ adv./prep.)
Suddenly the boat tilted to one side 小船突然倾向一侧。 The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever. 按这个控制柄，座位就向前倾斜。 - tilt something (+ adv./prep.)
His hat was tilted slightly at an angle. 他的帽子有点歪。 She tilted her head back and looked up at me with a smile. 她仰起头含笑看着我。
Extra ExamplesHer face was tilted towards the sky. 她仰面朝天。 She thought for a minute, her head tilted to one side. 她歪着头想了一会儿。 The ground tilted (= sloped) sharply downwards. 地面倾斜得很厉害。 Tilt the mirror away from you. 把镜子向后倾斜。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- gently
- slightly
- …
- away from
- towards/toward
- tilted to one side
- (+ adv./prep.)
- [transitive, intransitive] tilt (something/somebody) (in favour of/away from something/somebody)
to make something/somebody change slightly so that one particular opinion, person, etc. is preferred or more likely to succeed than another; to change in this way 使倾向于；使向…倾斜；偏向 The conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the Kenyan runners. 这些条件可能对肯尼亚赛跑运动员有利。 Popular opinion has tilted in favour of the socialists. 公众舆论已倒向社会党人一边。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple)’: perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’.
Idioms
tilt at windmills
to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies 攻击假想敌；庸人自扰