stilted
英 ['st?lt?d]
美['st?lt?d]
- adj. 不自然的;呆板的;僵硬的
- v. 使踩高蹺(stilt的過去分詞)
英英釋意
- 1. artificially formal;
- "that artificial humility that her husband hated"
- "contrived coyness"
- "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
- "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"