atilt
adjective · adverb · prepositionA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
The child listened, her head atilt.
1954, Allen Ginsberg, Journal entry in Gordon Ball (ed.), Journals, New York: Grove, 1977, p. 70, Pink bedroom lamp, shade atilt over Uncle Abe’s ancient clean radio,
Đồng nghĩa: tilted
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
He wore his hat rakishly atilt.
- 2.
(not comparable)Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
to run / ride atilt at someone or something
1895, F. F. Montrésor, Into the Highways and Hedges, New York: Appleton, Part 2, Chapter 9, p. 235, Other people may ride atilt against all the problems one bruises head and heart over. Good luck go with them, and more power to their elbows!
preposition
prepositiona-tilt
- 1.
Diagonally over or across.
1982, Jean Scott Wood Creighton (as J. S. Borthwick), The Case of the Hook-billed Kites, New York: St. Martin’s Press, Chapter 11, p. 29, [He] was balanced atilt a wooden chair, his legs resting on a low file cabinet.
Đồng nghĩa: aslant
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