adj.踩高蹺的；虛飾的；生硬的

動詞stilt的過去式和過去分詞形式.

A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down river. 一只長腳鷺費勁地飛起來，又重重地掉到水里了。

He fashioned no stilted epigram. 他不追求夸張的警句。

There is no doubt that he writes in a stilted style. 毫無疑問，他寫作的文體浮夸。

We made stilted conversation for a few moments. 我們不自然地客套了幾句。

A memorized speech often sounds stilted and formal. 背誦的演講聽起來往往生硬拘謹。