stilted

英 [ˈstɪltɪd]

美 [ˈstɪltɪd]

adj.  生硬的; 不自然的

过去式：stilted　过去分词：stilted　

GRE

BNC.22090 / COCA.28085

牛津词典

adj.

• 生硬的；不自然的
  not natural or relaxed; too formal
  1. We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
     我们不自然地客套了几句。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (言谈)呆板的，生硬的，不自然的
  If someone speaks in astiltedway, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed.
  1. We made polite, stilted conversation...
     我们客套了一番。
  2. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
     他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialcontrivedhokey

双语例句

• "Formal writing" does not imply the use of pretentious language, which can be characterized as stilted or pompous or stiff.
  并不意味著使用矫揉造作的用词，因为这样会让文章显得生硬、浮夸且僵化。
• And while it may well snow ( it is Scotland, after all) dont expect Christmas decorations or another stilted present-giving as the seasonal special is, in fact, set in September.
  尽管特辑中可能会下雪（毕竟在苏格兰嘛），别去期待什么圣诞装饰了，人们也不会假惺惺地互赠礼物因为事实上，这一季的特辑是设定在九月的。
• We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
  我们不自然地客套了几句。
• He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
  他用正式的、相当生硬的文体写作。
• Laotian family rests in the shade of their stilted, thatched roof hut in the fertile lowlands of the Mekong River valley.
  富庶的湄公河谷地，一个老挝家庭正在他们用高杆撑起的茅草屋的阴影下休息。
• This made my actions stilted and unnatural.
  这使我的动作忸怩而不自然。
• To talk in a stilted way.
  很不自然地谈话。
• Perhaps for this reason, his language was somewhat stilted.
  也许，正是由于这个缘故，他说的语言有一点矫揉造作。
• Your choice of options for those that designed this achievement are somewhat stilted.
  你所选择要完成的这个成就，是儿童周系列成就的支柱。
• The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original russian.
  这对话听上去很生硬、不自然，可能是因为这是从俄文原著翻译过来的。