tilt

1. V-T/V-I If you tilt an object or if it tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. 使傾斜; 傾斜

She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair. 她把鏡子斜放，開始梳頭。

Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body. 倫納德把他的椅子向后斜著撐在兩條腳上，然后舒展他修長的身軀。

2. V-T If you tilt part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upward or to one side. 使 (常指頭部) 側(cè)傾; 使微仰

Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him. 瑪麗把頭向后仰了仰，以便能看著他。

His wife tilted his head to the side and inspected the wound. 他的妻子把他的頭側(cè)向一邊，然后檢查傷口。

3. N-COUNT Tilt is also a noun. 傾斜

He opened the rear door for me with an apologetic tilt of his head. 他歉疚地歪著頭為我打開了后門。

4. N-COUNT The tilt of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes. 傾斜; 傾斜度

...calculations based on our understanding of the tilt of the Earth's axis. …基于我們對地球軸線傾斜度的理解的計算。

5. N an awning or canopy, usually of canvas, for a boat, booth, etc 罩棚

6. V to cover or provide with a tilt 罩上

7. V-I If a person or thing tilts toward a particular opinion or if something tilts them toward it, they change slightly so that they become more in agreement with that opinion or position. 傾向

Political will might finally tilt toward some sort of national health plan. 政治意愿可能最終會傾向于某種全民醫(yī)療方案。