wooden

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wood·en [wooden woodenly woodenness] BrE [ˈwʊdn] NAmE [ˈwʊdn] adjective
1. usually before noun made of wood
•a wooden box
2. not showing enough natural expression, emotion or movement
Syn: ↑stiff
• The actor playing the father was too wooden.
• Her voice sounded wooden and lifeless as she struggled to control her feelings.
Derived Words: ↑woodenly ▪ ↑woodenness

Example Bank:
•His likeness in this painting is curiously wooden.
•The director gets only wooden performances from the actors.
•The film has wooden acting and an appalling script.