stilt: [14] Stilt was probably acquired from some Low German source – Low German and Flemish have stilte. Its ultimate ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic *steltjōn, which was formed from a base meaning ‘walk stiffly, strut’ (source also of German stolz ‘proud’ and English stout). The derived stilted ‘over-dignified’ dates from the early 19th century. => stout
stilt (n.)
early 14c., "a crutch," a common Germanic word (cognates: Danish stylte, Swedish stylta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stelte "stilt," Old High German stelza "plow handle, crutch"), though the exact relationship of them all is unclear, from Proto-Germanic *steltijon, from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Application to "wooden poles for walking across marshy ground, etc." is from mid-15c. Meaning "one of the posts on which a building is raised from the ground" is first attested 1690s. As a type of bird with long legs, from 1831. Stilted in the figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy" is first recorded 1820.
雙語例句
1. The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
社區(qū)變成了玩雜耍的、踩高蹺的和扮裝皇后的天地。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Thatch hut is raised high above the paddy field on stilt.
茅草屋用柱高高地建在稻田之上.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Zhangzhuang the stilt dance, in Changzhi City, is very famous.
張莊的高蹺舞, 在長治市是很出名的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Stilt dance basic moves are Yangko step.
高蹺舞的基本動作是秧歌步.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Some palms , mangroves and other tropical trees form woody prop roots , often called stilt roots.