stilted
stilted 英 [ˈstɪltɪd] 美 [ˈstɪltɪd]
adj. 不自然的；呆板的；僵硬的 v. 使踩高跷（stilt的过去分词）
- The adjective stilted describes something—usually a style of writing or speaking—that is unnaturally formal.
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- adj. 不自然的；呆板的；僵硬的
- v. 使踩高跷（stilt的过去分词）
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1. If you are excited, gesture more vigorously. But remember that predeceased gestures that do not naturally arise from what you are trying to say are likely to appear awkward and stilted.
如果你很兴奋，手势要做得更有力一些，但要记住如果不根据你话语的意思而过早地做手势会让你看起来尴尬和僵硬。
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2. Our first academic visit, to the History Department of Wuhan University, sticks in my mind for its very stilted and tense nature.
我们学术参观的第一站是武汉大学的历史系，当时留给我的是僵硬和紧张的气氛。
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3. The register moves from a stilted, self-concously old-fashioned rhetoric to blind, almost biblical rage.
记录从呆板的，敏感的古老的修辞转移到了盲目几乎是圣经式的愤怒。
- stilted (adj.) 1610s, "having stilts," from stilt (n.). That of "elevated or supported by stilts" is from 1820. Figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy, formal and stiff" is first recorded 1820.
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