这些动词均含“倾斜”之意。
tip : 指向一边倾斜或向上翻转、失去平衡或完全翻转过来。
- The table tipped, and all our drinks fell on the floor.
桌子翻了，结果我们所有的饮料都掉在地上。 - If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it’ll tip up.
如果你在书架的一头放的书太多，书架会翻掉的。 - Don’t tip your chair back like that, you’ll fall.
不要那样向后仰椅子，你会翻倒的。
slope : 指向上或向下渐渐倾斜的表面，多用于山、屋顶等缓缓倾斜。
- The path slopes up/down to the house.
小路倾斜向上／向下通往房子。 - The football pitch sloped at the south end, so one half of the game had to be played uphill.
我们学校的足球场南端呈斜坡状，所以比赛总是有一半不得不踢上坡球。 - His handwriting slopes backwards.
他写的字向右斜。 - It was a very old house with sloping walls.
这房子已经很旧，墙都歪了。
tilt : 指有意识地或长时间地使物体处于倾斜状态。
- He tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on his desk.
他把椅子向后倾，双脚搁在书桌上。 - Anna looked up at him with her head tilted to one side.
安娜歪着脑袋，抬眼望着他。 - The front seats of the car tilt.
汽车的前座可以倾斜。
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