◙ verb 1. move or cause to move into a sloping position[no obj.] (figurative)[喻] • （使）倾斜，（使）侧倾 »the floor tilted slightly. 地板轻微倾斜。 »the balance of industrial power tilted towards the workers. 工人开始在产业力量中占优势。 »[with obj.] he tilted his head to one side. 他把头歪向一边。 (figurative)incline or cause to incline towards a particular opinion • [喻] （使）具倾向，（使）偏 »[no obj., with adverbial] he is tilting towards a new economic course. 他倾向于一种新经济道路。 [with obj.] move (a camera) in a vertical plane • 俯仰（摄影机） 2. [no obj.] (tilt at)(historical)[喻] (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon • [史] （格斗中）持矛冲刺（或比武） »he tilts at his prey. 他刺向猎物。 »the lonely hero tilting at the system. 抨击体制的孤身勇士。 (tilt with)(archaic)engage in a contest with • [古] 争论 »I resolved never to tilt with a French lady in compliment. 在恭维人方面我决心永远不和法国女士论高低。 ◙ noun 1. a sloping position or movement • 倾斜，侧倾 »the tilt of her head. 她侧着的脑袋。 »mum's cup was on a tilt. 妈妈的杯子歪了。 an upwards or downwards pivoting movement of a camera • （摄影机的）俯仰转动，上下摇摄 »pans and tilts. 左右摇摄和上下摇摄。 an inclination or bias • 倾向，偏向 »the paper's tilt towards the United States. 文件的亲美倾向。 short fortilt cabortilt hammer • tilt cab 或 tilt hammer 的简称 [Canadian] a small hut in a forest • [加] 林中小木屋 [in place names] a slope or incline • 斜坡；倾斜面 »Glen Tilt. 格伦坡。 2. (historical)a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust • [史] 骑马持矛冲刺，马上比枪；比武 (tilt at)an attempt at winning (something) or defeating (someone), especially in sporting contexts • （尤指向体育目标发起的）冲刺，进攻 »a tilt at the European Cup. 向欧洲杯的冲刺。
【IDIOMS】
◘ (at) full tilt 1. with maximum energy or force; at top speed • 全力地；全速地 ◘ tilt at windmills 1. attack imaginary enemies or evils • 同假想的敌人（或坏事）作斗争
【派生】
♦ tilter noun
【语源】
1. late 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'