Tilt

(noun.) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; 'the tower had a pronounced tilt'; 'the ship developed a list to starboard'; 'he walked with a heavy inclination to the right'.

(noun.) a slight but noticeable partiality; 'the court's tilt toward conservative rulings'.

(verb.) charge with a tilt.

杰勒德整理

• The earth seemed to tilt and sway, and a complete darkness was coming over his mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is not a tilt at a tournament we are going to behold, but a struggle about money, and food, and life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I shall tilt to-morrow answered Athelstane, in the 'melee'; it is not worth while for me to arm myself to-day. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Come under my tilt and let me tie it up. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• His conjecture was corroborated at Glen Tilt (and in the island of Arran). 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I have left my shield in the tilt-yard, answered the Jester, as has been the fate of many a better knight than myself. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The chariots drove full tilt at the infantry mass and tried to break it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They made no noise of any kind, and most of them tilted their heads back and closed their eyes, entranced with a sort of devotional ecstacy. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Thus admonished, Mr. Trotter raised the pot to his lips, and, by gentle and almost imperceptible degrees, tilted it into the air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He has sewn up ever so many odalisques in sacks and tilted them into the Nile. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It had a reel to gather the grain to the cutter, and the grain platform was tilted to drop the gavel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Colonel Ross leaned back with his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes, while I listened with interest to the dialogue of the two detectives. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Making a stiff arm to the elbow, he poured the wine into his mouth, tilted it into his right cheek, as saying, 'What do you think of it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• After each question he tilted me over a little more, so as to give me a greater sense of helplessness and danger. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I saw by his tilting of the bottle that there was no great quantity left in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then he was half-conscious again, aware only of the strange tilting and sliding of the world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Therefore the airship stops tilting and comes back to an even flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He noted among other things that the tilting of a wing was sufficient to bring about a complete change of direction. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In the house, the folding bed, tilting chair, carpet sweeper, and the piano. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He swallowed slowly, tilting up the bottle by little and little, and now he looked at me no more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The old man's eye resting on the empty bottle, he takes it up, examines it, and slowly tilts it upside down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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