kilter
Chiefly in out of kilter: condition, form, or orderChiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
» My friend is a bit off-kilter.
Значення
значень: 2(незлічуване)Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
not in kilter
Einklang, Ordnung, Zustand
A hand of playing cards which is useless.
- in working order
Приклади
речень: 5My friend is a bit off-kilter.
That poster is not exactly straight, it seems off-kilter.
The lamp on the desk had an out-of-kilter lampshade.
ruПлафон лампы на столе был неисправен. — Balamax
deDie Lampe auf dem Schreibtisch hatte einen schiefen Lampenschirm. — DiffEquation
Ignoring feelings of tiredness knocks our body clocks out of kilter.
His dogmatic emphasis on the soap trade in relation to economic globalization struck me as somewhat off-kilter.
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мов: 1За значеннями 1
Походження
A variant of dialectal kelter (“good condition, order”), of unknown origin; possibly relatA 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.
Probably a variant of dialectal kelter (“odds and ends; litter, rubbish”); further etymology unknown.
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Форми
множина: kiltersСиноніми
синонімів: 1- in working order:kelter
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