kilter

n. 良好状态, 顺利, 平衡

发音

UK /ˈkɪltə/
其它
US /ˈkɪltɚ/

词形变化

kilters 复数

别名

kelter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.

    良好状态

    不可数

    not in kilter

  2. 1.

    A hand of playing cards which is useless.

    游戏

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

kelter

上位词 2

order orderliness

相关短语

out of kilter 不正常,有毛病 off kilter off-kilter

词源

A variant of dialectal kelter (“good condition, order”), of unknown origin; possibly related to kilt (“to gather up (skirts) around the body”) (cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”)), or Scots kilt (“proper way of doing something, knack”) (probably from kilt (“a slope; a tilt”), possibly a variant of English tilt). In the 19th century, kelter was the more common form in the United Kingdom, while kilter was more common in the United States. Due to the influence of the latter, kilter is now the more prevalent form in all English varieties.

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