stilt

[US]/stɪlt/
[UK]/stɪlt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en høj stolpe eller søjle, hvorved en bygning kan støttes over jorden
vt. at hæve eller støtte på stolper
Word Forms
Past Participlestilted
Pluralstilts
Past Tensestilted

Phrases & Collocations

on stilts

på stylter

stilt walking

gang på stylter

Example Sentences

we made stilted conversation.

vi førte akavet samtale.

a house built on stilts to allow air to circulate beneath.

et hus bygget på pæle for at tillade luft at cirkulere nedenunder.

villages of stilted houses.

landsbyer med akavede huse.

All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

Alt for hurtigt løb den akavede samtale ud i sandet.

he is talking nonsense on stilts, and he knows it.

han taler nonsens på stråler, og han ved det.

the formal tone of the programmes caused them to sound stilted and unnatural.

den formelle tone i programmerne fik dem til at lyde stive og unaturlige.

Wide, traffic-jammed fumy highways swept on stilts between the tower blocks.

Bredde, trafikoverbelastede, røgfyldte motorveje strøg på pæle mellem lejlighedskomplekserne.

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