tilt at windmills

短语

词形变化

tilted at windmills tilting at windmills tilts at windmills 三单 tilts at windmills tilting at windmills 现在分词 tilted at windmills 过去式 tilted at windmills 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To attack imaginary enemies.

    习语 不及物
  2. 2.

    To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity.

    习语 不及物 引申义

词源

From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts (i.e. jousts) at windmills that he has mistaken for giants.

来源：wiktionary