kilter
kilter 英 [ˈkɪltə(r)] 美 [ˈkɪltɚ]
n. 平衡；顺利；良好状态
名词复数:kilters
- The noun kilter means "balance," or "a state of working well," but you'll only find it in the phrase "out of kilter," meaning "not working right."
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- n. 平衡；顺利；良好状态
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1. When they write of their childhoods, it could be a description of a gifted child's life - confused about social cues, self-conscious and out of kilter with the interests and language of their peers.
当他们写到自己的儿童时期时，这些描述可能就成为了一个天才童年生活的写照——对社会暗示、自我意识的迷惑，跟同龄人的兴趣、言语完全不搭调。
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2. Astronomers have found six large planets whose off-kilter orbits suggest that they crashed through their solar systems, swallowing any smaller planets that got in their way.
天文学家们发现了六颗巨大的行星，不规则的轨道表明它们在其恒星系统内发生碰撞，吞没了所有挡住去路的较小行星。
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3. If the hugely complex web of chemical and biological interactions that sustains most life does tip seriously out of kilter, the planet will find a new equilibrium, as it has in the past.
如果由化学和生物相互作用造就的支撑绝大多数生命形式的异常复杂的网络真的预示了严重的失衡，那么地球会像过去一样，找到一种新的平衡。
- kilter (n.) "order, good condition," in out of kilter (1620s), apparently a variant of English dialectal kelter (c. 1600) "good condition, order," a word of unknown origin.
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