1
- move or cause to move into a sloping position（使）倾斜, （使）侧倾：
no obj. the floor tilted slightly地板轻微倾斜
figurative 〈喻〉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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- with obj. move (a camera) in a vertical plane俯仰（摄影机）。
2
- no obj.
tilt at
historical (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
figurative 〈喻〉the lonely hero tilting at the system.
抨击体制的孤身勇士。
2.1
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。
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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- an inclination or bias倾向, 偏向：
the paper's tilt towards the United States.
文件的亲美倾向。
1.3
- short for TILT CAB or TILT HAMMER.TILT CAB或TILT HAMMER的简称。
1.4
- Canadian a small hut in a forest〈加〉林中小屋。
1.5
- 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。
2.1
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。
短语
(at) full tilt
- with maximum energy or force; at top speed全力地; 全速地。
tilt at windmills
- attack imaginary enemies or evils同假想的敌人（或坏事）作斗争。
- ORIGIN: with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.
派生词
tilter
noun词源
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'.