| 单词 | sudden |
| 释义 | sud·den I. 1. a. < caught out walking by a sudden thundershower > < took a sudden almost miraculous turn for the better > b. < slopes gradually downwards toward the sudden drop of the icefall — John Hunt and Edmund Hillary > : abrupt < this ridge forms an important and sudden break between the land of abundant ground water … and the dry land — P.E.James > c. < watching for sudden turns in the road > 2. a. < a red setter … too sudden to be a friend — May Sarton > b. obsolete < appearing goodly to the sudden eye — John Milton > 3. a. archaic < he acquaints the citizens with the king's peril … and requests their sudden assistance — John Cleveland > < hire assassins or put sudden poison in my evening drink — P.B.Shelley > b. obsolete < do it without invention, suddenly, as I with sudden … speech purpose to answer — Shakespeare > c. obsolete < tomorrow, in my judgment, is too sudden — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see precipitate II. < sudden I heard a voice — Alfred Tennyson > III. obsolete • - of a sudden |
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