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

• 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。
• To talk in a stilted way.
  很不自然地谈话。
• 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。
• His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
  他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。
• We made polite, stilted conversation
  我们客套了一番。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, the energy of the operation of the ultra-filtration with stilted spacers can be saved greatly.
  因此，采用高跷格栅可以大大降低超滤操作的能耗。
• After some stilted end-of-interview chit-chat, park puts her thatcheresque handbag over her arm and leaves.
  在一些客套的采访结束语后，朴槿惠挎上她的撒切尔式手包离开了。