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

• My Best – A little stilted.
  MyBest–有点生硬。
• We made polite, stilted conversation
  我们客套了一番。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Should not move in a stilted gait or in any gait that is not completely efficient and tireless. Therefore, the energy of the operation of the ultra-filtration with stilted spacers can be saved greatly.
  不能是踩高跷似的步伐或者其他完全没有效率和容易疲劳的步伐。因此，采用高跷格栅可以大大降低超滤操作的能耗。
• This made my actions stilted and unnatural.
  这使我的动作忸怩而不自然。
• And written dialogue is quite different from spoken conversation: replies may be delayed, phrases may be more stilted, tone of voice is absent.
  而且打字聊天与谈话完全不同，回复可能会延迟，言词呆板，没有语音语调。