stilted

Definitions

Common Collocations

• 1.stilted language生硬的语言
• 2.stilted conversation不自然的对话
• 3.stilted prose做作的文风
• 4.[stilted performance]僵硬的表演

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The dialogue in the film felt stilted and unconvincing to the audience.

• 2.

  His stilted manner of speaking made it hard to hold a natural conversation.

• 3.

  The translation read as stilted because it followed the original too literally.