One way to hold this word: a stiff, slim pole standing upright, lifting something clear of the ground so that open space is left underneath. Put two of them under a person and the person walks high above the street. Put six of them under a house and the house sits above the river. The pole itself never changes — only what is resting on top of it.
From the word’s history
Middle English stilte, from a Germanic root meaning 'to be stiff'; related to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze. The oldest idea in the word is a stiff upright pole.
字典把 stilt 追到中古英語 stilte，再往前是原始日耳曼語表示「硬、僵直」的字根，同源的還有丹麥文 stylte、荷蘭文 stelt、德文 Stelze。也就是說，這個字最早講的就是「一根硬挺的直桿」，今天各種用法都還帶著那個影子。
Wiktionary 'stilt' etymology (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1040518063:37390), supplied in this packet
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stiltnoun/stɪlt/
- 1
Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
- 2
A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
- 3
Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
- 4
A crutch.
- 5
The handle of a plough.
- He[…]shot MacLaren when between the stilts of his plough,[…]
stiltverb/stɪlt/
- 1
to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
- 2
to apply unnecessary pomp or formality
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。