atilt
/uh-tilt/US // əˈtɪlt //UK // (əˈtɪlt) //
倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,倾斜性
Definitions
- 1
- : with a tilt or inclination; tilted: Hold the bottle slightly atilt.
- : with the lance in hand in tilting.
Examples
In other villages the shawled women sat knitting behind piles of beets and cabbages and apples, their farm-carts atilt in the sun.
We will swear a truce of God, neither shall run atilt at the other's convictions until he is invited to do so.
They spread themselves about and keep alternate watch, and, lying along the grass, drink deep and set brazen bowls atilt.
At any hour of the forenoon you could see the rows of porkmen sitting on chairs atilt on the flags.
But he had to stop to sing atilt of an elder stem before he could go on to tell his spouse about them.
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