• adj. 不自然的；呆板的；僵硬的
• v. 使踩高蹺（stilt的過去分詞）

stilt,高蹺，-ed,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。

stilted (adj.)

1610s, "having stilts," from stilt (n.). That of "elevated or supported by stilts" is from 1820. Figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy, formal and stiff" is first recorded 1820.

1. We made polite, stilted conversation.

我們客套了一番。

來自柯林斯例句

2. We made stilted conversation for a few moments.

我們不自然地客套了幾句。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

很快這種做作的交談就結(jié)束了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.

他的發(fā)言很生硬，有時(shí)還打結(jié)巴。

來自辭典例句

5. Perhaps for this reason, his language was somewhat stilted.

也許,正是由于這個(gè)緣故, 他說的語言有一點(diǎn)矯揉造作.

來自辭典例句