1610s, "having stilts," from stilt (n.). That of "elevated or supported by stilts" is from 1820. Figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy, formal and stiff" is first recorded 1820.
雙語例句
1. We made polite, stilted conversation.
我們客套了一番。
來自柯林斯例句
2. We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
我們不自然地客套了幾句。
來自《權威詞典》
3. All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.
很快這種做作的交談就結束了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
他的發言很生硬，有時還打結巴。
來自辭典例句
5. Perhaps for this reason, his language was somewhat stilted.