kilter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɪltə/    美 /ˈkɪltɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. uncountable
    — not in kilter
  2. A hand of playing cards which is useless.

词形变化

kelter alternative kilters plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
Probably a variant of dialectal kelter (“odds and ends; litter, rubbish”); further etymology unknown.
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