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tilt /tɪlt/► SEE ALLtilt at windmills(at) full pelt/speed/tilt
●tilt at ˈwindmillswaste your energy attacking imaginary enemies 跟假想敌搏斗；徒费精力◆For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he’s really just tilting at windmills.
不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他，但其实他不过是庸人自扰。 ORIGIN This expression comes from Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, in which the hero thought that the windmills he saw were giants and tried to fight them. 这个表达法源于塞万提斯的小说《唐吉诃德》，小说中的主人公以为他看见的风车是巨人，试图与其格斗。●(at) full ˈpelt/ˈspeed/ˈtiltwith great speed, force, etc. 全速；大力地◆The police were chasing him so he ran full pelt down the road.警察正在追捕他，他飞快地顺着马路逃去。◆We drove down the road at full tilt.我们在路上疾驰。 |
