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

• After some stilted efforts at conversation, he gave up and left.
  在作了一番勉为其难的谈话尝试之后，他不再交谈下去，离开了。
• "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。
• Also, a memorized speech often sounds stilted and formal.
  而且，背诵的讲话听起来往往生硬拘谨。
• "That would be nice," he said, as stilted as she.
  那太好了，他说，神态象她一样不自然。
• My Best – A little stilted.
  MyBest–有点生硬。
• 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。
• Critics complain, however, that the dialogue is stilted and awkward as the actors mouth modern phrases that don't fit the movie's ancient time frame.
  批评者抱怨，电影里的对话都很虚假和笨础。从演员里说出来现代版的话，与当时的时代背景很不相符。
• 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。
• The frivolity, frenzy and laughter soon turned into stilted postures and silence as the members of the audience tried to come to terms with what just took place.
  当观众还不知道要如何对应之下，原来的虚浮、狂及笑声很快地就变僵了、默无语。