stilt

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

Translation

n. 高蹺
vt. 使踏上高蹺
Word Forms
過去分詞stilted
複數stilts
過去式stilted

Phrases & Collocations

on stilts

踩高蹺

stilt walking

走高蹺

Example Sentences

we made stilted conversation.

我們進行了很不自然的談話。

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

屋子建在支柱上,好讓下面有空氣流通。

villages of stilted houses.

吊腳樓的村莊。

All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

很快這種做作的交談就結束了。

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

他正在誇張地胡說八道,這一點他自己很清楚。

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

綱領的正式語氣讓人聽來覺得誇張做作。

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

摩天大樓之間的支架上煙霧繚繞,寬闊而擁擠的高速公路四處蔓延。

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