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tilt sth
及物用法，后面直接接宾语，表示使某物倾斜。
Tilt the picture slightly to make it level.
把画稍微倾斜一下，让它水平。
倾斜；使倾斜
tilting — present participle of tilt
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
倾斜；使倾斜
To slope or incline; to slant.
Tilt the picture slightly to make it level.
把画稍微倾斜一下，让它水平。
使倾斜；使歪斜。
To slope or incline (something); to slant.
用遮阳篷或篷布覆盖。
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
成角度；倾斜。
To be at an angle.
用长矛冲锋。
To charge (at someone) with a lance.
tilt
Base
原形
tilts
3rd person
第三人称单数
tilting
-ing
现在分词
tilted
Past
过去式
tilted
Past participle
过去分词
The board tilts slightly.
木板略微倾斜。
He tilted his head back.
他向后仰头。
The tower is tilting dangerously.
塔正在危险地倾斜。
He tilted his head to get a better look at the painting.
他歪了歪头，以便更清楚地看那幅画。
The table tilted slightly on the uneven floor.
桌子在不平的地板上微微倾斜。
Tilt the bottle slowly and the water will pour out.
慢慢倾斜瓶子，水就会流出来。
及物用法，后面直接接宾语，表示使某物倾斜。
Tilt the picture slightly to make it level.
把画稍微倾斜一下，让它水平。
不及物用法，后接 toward/towards 表示朝某方向倾斜。
The tree tilts toward the river.
那棵树朝河的方向倾斜。
旧时指持长矛冲锋，现代英语中较少使用，常见于文学或历史描述。
He tilted at the dummy with his lance.
他用长矛冲向假人。
Not this
He tilted head to one side.
Use this
He tilted his head to one side.
英语提到身体部位时通常需要物主代词来表明所属关系，中文说“头”不加限定词，但英文不能说 tilt head，必须用 his head。
Not this
The table is tilting because one leg is short.
Use this
The table is tilted because one leg is short.
be + 现在分词(is tilting)表示“正在倾斜”的动作；描述“歪斜着”的静止状态要用 be + 过去分词(is tilted)作表语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
歪头
She tilted her head to listen more carefully.
她歪着头仔细听。
倾斜桌子
Don't tilt the table or the glasses will fall.
别倾斜桌子，否则杯子会掉。
倾斜相机
Tilt the camera slightly to capture the whole scene.
将相机稍微倾斜以捕捉整个场景。
打破平衡
His argument tilted the balance in our favor.
他的论点使平衡向我们有利的方向倾斜。
向前倾斜
The car tilted forward as it went downhill.
汽车下坡时向前倾斜。
轻微倾斜
The picture is tilted slightly to the left.
这幅画稍微向左倾斜。
全速地；全力地
He ran at full tilt down the hill.
他全速冲下山坡。
攻击想象中的敌人；做无谓的争斗
He's tilting at windmills with his campaign against the big corporation.
他和大公司抗争，简直是在攻击风车。
改变平衡；使天平倾斜
The new evidence could tilt the scales in favor of the defendant.
新证据可能使天平向被告倾斜。
Use tilting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象字母T像一根直立的柱子，而'ilt'像柱子歪倒的样子，合起来就是'倾斜'。
register: mixed; typical settings: ["物理倾斜", "比喻对抗"]; note_zh: “tilt”作动词时，物理倾斜义在正式和口语中都常用；比喻义（如抨击）多用于书面或正式语境。
既可用作及物动词也可用作不及物动词
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