\\\"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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
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(jǐn)。