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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "That would be nice," he said, as stilted as she.
  那太好了，他说，神态象她一样不自然。
• "Formal writing" does not imply the use of pretentious language, which can be characterized as stilted or pompous or stiff.
  并不意味著使用矫揉造作的用词，因为这样会让文章显得生硬、浮夸且僵化。
• No matter what he talked about, he spoke in the cliches and hoary, stilted phrases of an old party manual.
  他无论讲什么，总是那些陈词滥调，唱着从陈旧的党内手册中搬来的老掉牙的高调。
• To talk in a stilted way.
  很不自然地谈话。
• He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
  他用正式的、相当生硬的文体写作。
• 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。