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单词 stilty
释义 stilty, a.|ˈstɪltɪ|
[f. stilt n. + -y.]
1. Resembling stilts; esp. in Racing slang, said of a horse's legs when long and stiff in action.
1826[implied in stiltiness].1828Edin. Rev. XLVII. 433 The solemn and stilty tread of the Athenian buskin.1863Sporting Mag. Sept. 230 The odds on him were speedily reduced..for he turned out to be one of the stilty sort, with a pair of awful fore-legs.
2. fig. = stiltish a.
1845W. B. S. Taylor Hist. Univ. Dublin 339 The stilty dignity which is to be found in some other places.1846Worcester (cites Q. Rev.).1873Wagner tr. Teuffel's Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 159 His stilty tone and artificial conciseness.1889Gretton Memory's Harkback 317 Macready..I once accidentally met..at dinner... I remember..my impression of him as stilty.
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