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sudden 音標拼音: [s'ʌdən] n. 突然,忽然
a. 突然的,意外的,快速的,即刻的 突然,忽然突然的,意外的,快速的,即刻的 sudden adj 1: happening without warning or in a short space of time; " a sudden storm"; " a sudden decision"; " a sudden cure" [ ant: { gradual}] Sudden \ Sud" den\, adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Sudden \ Sud" den\, a. [ OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly ire to go. See { Issue}, and cf. { Subitaneous}.] 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. " O sudden wo!" -- Chaucer. " For fear of sudden death." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Sudden fear troubleth thee. -- Job xxii. 10. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. [ 1913 Webster] Never was such a sudden scholar made. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked- for. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Sud" den* ly}, adv. -- { Sud" den* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
Sudden \ Sud" den\, n. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. [ 1913 Webster] { All of a sudden}, { On a sudden}, { Of a sudden}, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly. [ 1913 Webster] How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " sudden": aback, abrupt, abruptly, accelerated, breakneck, breathless, brisk, electrifying, expeditious, extraordinary, fast, fleet, forthwith, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impatient, impetuous, improbable, impulsive, more than expected, nerve- shattering, out- of- the- way, overhasty, panting, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, rushing, shocking, short, speedy, startling, suddenly, surprising, swift, unannounced, unanticipated, unanticipatedly, unaware, undivined, unexpected, unexpectedly, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheralded, unhoped for, unlooked- for, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, unwonted, without warning
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