stilted
英['stɪltɪd]
美['stɪltɪd]
- adj. 不自然的；呆板的；僵硬的
- v. 使踩高跷（stilt的过去分词）
英英释意
- 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"