stilted

stilted
adjective

(of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural
（谈话或写作的方式）夸张做作的，不自然的
we made stilted conversation.
我们进行了很不自然的谈话。
standing on stilts
踩高跷的；建于支柱上的
villages of stilted houses.
吊脚楼的村庄。
■(Architecture)(of an arch) with pieces of upright masonry between the imposts and the springers
(建筑)（拱门）（在拱墩和起拱石间）有石柱的

派生
stiltedly
adverb
stiltedness
noun