"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"
双语例句
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。
