"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"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down river.一只长脚鹭费劲地飞起来，又重重地掉到水里了。
He fashioned no stilted epigram.他不追求夸张的警句。
There is no doubt that he writes in a stilted style.毫无疑问，他写作的文体浮夸。
We made stilted conversation for a few moments.我们不自然地客套了几句。
A memorized speech often sounds stilted and formal.背诵的演讲听起来往往生硬拘谨。
