"tilt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tilt verbo

tilt + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
tilt one's head • tilt back one's head • tilt one's face • tilt one's chin
tilt + preposición
Kolokacji: 15
tilt toward • tilt to • tilt in • tilt at • tilt up • ...
tilt + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 14
tilt forward • tilt slightly • tilt upward • tilt heavily • tilt sideways • ...
(2) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. slowly tilt = wolno przechyl slowly tilt
2. swiftly tilt = prędko przechyl swiftly tilt
3. tilt crazily = przechyl jak opętany tilt crazily
4. gradually tilt = stopniowo przechyl gradually tilt
  • Sketching in the sand with a sea shell, Tom went on to describe how the rockets would take off straight upward, then gradually tilt to an easterly course.
  • In explaining how an ellipse evolves into a parabola, for example, Mr. Seife suggests gradually tilting a flashlight as its beam spreads upon a wall.
  • North west from the cairn the grassy plateau gradually tilts, until a few yards away it simply disappears over the brink.
  • The southern division was little more than a narrow fissure in the rock face, shelving away toward the southeast at a gradually tilting angle.
  • This means that the lake bed is gradually tilting southward, inundating the south shore and turning river valleys into bays.
  • As he speaks, his head gradually tilts back, as though his brain needs a rest.
  • The balance of power had been gradually tilting in favour of Ghazni.
  • The mattress begins tilting gradually after the bedside alarm rings.
  • As you draw the brush upward, gradually tilt the handle down.
  • The point of Urthstripe's spear had been gradually tilting.
(4) dangerously, precariously
Kolokacji: 2

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