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。
• We made polite, stilted conversation
  我们客套了一番。
• He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
  他用正式的、相当生硬的文体写作。
• The candidate who shows an authentic sense fo humor – not stilted jokes or fake belly laughter – just might find a groundswell of support.
  展现令人可信的幽默感，而不是夸张的笑话或者是虚伪的大笑，这样的候选人会得到巨大的支持。
• 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。
• He speaks a slightly stilted French suitable for foreigners.
  他讲的法语有点儿不自然，但外国人容易听懂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To talk in a stilted way.
  很不自然地谈话。