stilty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. pompous archaic
  2. uneven, as if walking on stilts
    — He has the animal trotted, and may notice at this stage that there is an inclination to go on the toes, that the lame limb or limbs are not put forward freely, and that progression is stilty and uncertain; it is such, in fact, as to at once suggest the possibility of corns being present.
  3. resembling stilts
    — Feb 19, 2007, Daily Telegraph - Floored by Nelly's vocal punchhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3663306/Floored-by-Nellys-vocal-punch.html Down there on the stage Furtado twizzled her shiny jet ringlets around her tiny digits and wobbled off stage in her stilty white stilettos.

词形变化

stiltier comparative stiltiest superlative

词源

From stilt + -y.
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