| 单词 |
tilted |
| 释义 |
▪ I. tilted, ppl. a.1|ˈtɪltɪd|
[f. tilt n.1 or v.2 + -ed.]
Having, or covered with, a tilt or awning.
c1440Promp. Parv. 488/1 Teltyd, gaudatus (A. caudatus). 1562W. Bullein Bulwark, Sicke Men 67 b, To be rowed up and doune, in a tilted Boat or Barge. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 230 He was in his poor tilted cart. 1819H. Busk Vestriad iii. 557 Wheel off, like Tartars in their tilted towns. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xlii, Faces full of consternation in the tilted waggons that came tearing past.
▪ II. ˈtilted, ppl. a.2
[f. tilt v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Poised or thrust, as a weapon in tilting; (loosely) fought or engaged in, as a tilt or tournament.
1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad viii. 330 At just and tournay with the tilted lance Victors they rode. 1803Visct. Strangford Camoens' Lusiad vi. xlii, Their own compatriots..Who erst the tilted fight 'gainst England's Twelve maintain'd. 1861Lytton & Fane Tannhäuser 23 And from that hour, in court, And chase, and tilted tourney, many a month,..Men miss'd Tannhäuser.
2. Abruptly inclined or sloped from the erect or the horizontal position. In quot. a 1613, obtained or emptied out by tilting the vessel.
a1613Overbury Characters, Whore (1615) E ij, Her body is the tilted Lees of pleasure. 1892Pall Mall G. 4 June 1/3 The steep northern escarpment, the tilted strata of which..suggest..the denudation of the Weald. 1906Daily News 3 July 6 The question of speed..is..of the greatest importance where a train runs round what I may call a tilted curve. |
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单词 tilter 释义 ▪ I. tilter, n.1|tlt(r)|[f. tilt v.1 + -er1.]1. One who tilts or justs; ......