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suddenly 音标拼音: [s'ʌdənli] ad. 突然,忽然 突然,忽然 suddenly adv 1: happening unexpectedly; " suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" [ synonym: { suddenly}, { all of a sudden}, { of a sudden}] 2: quickly and without warning; " he stopped suddenly" [ synonym: { abruptly}, { suddenly}, { short}, { dead}] 3: on impulse; without premeditation; " he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; " he made up his mind suddenly" [ synonym: { on the spur of the moment}, { suddenly}] 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] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " suddenly": a corps perdu, aback, abruptly, all at once, bang, by surprise, dash, feverishly, fleetingly, forthwith, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heels over head, hurriedly, impetuously, implausibly, improbably, impulsively, in a trice, instantaneously, instantly, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, momentarily, of a sudden, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, sharp, short, slap, slap- bang, smack, speedily, startlingly, sudden, surprisingly, swiftly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, unforeseeably, unpredictably, without notice, without warning |
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