precipitous

音标[pri'sipitәs] 读音

汉语翻译

a. 陡峭的, 轻率的

词型变化:

名词:precipitousness 副词:precipitously 

英语解释:

形容词 precipitous:

  1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
    同义词:hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant
  2. characterized by precipices
  3. extremely steep
    同义词:abrupt, sharp

例句:

  1. From a precipitous height we look at the town spread out below.
    我们从险峻的高处眺望铺展在下面的城镇。
  2. A precipitous path led down the mountainside.
    沿着山腰下来有一条陡峭的山路。
  3. We have a precipitous climb to the peak.
    我们向着陡峭山顶攀登。

详细解释:


pre.cip.i.tous

adj.(形容词)
Resembling a precipice; extremely steep.See Synonyms at steep
险峻的:类似悬崖的;极其陡峭的参见 steep
Having several precipices:
多悬崖的:
例句:
a precipitous bluff.
多悬崖的绝壁

Usage Problem Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate:See Usage Note at precipitate
【用法疑难】 急促的,急速的:极其迅速、急促或突然的;急转直下的参见 precipitate

来源:
Probably from precipitious
可能源自 precipitious
from Latin praecipitium [precipice] * see precipice
源自 拉丁语 praecipitium [悬崖] *参见 precipice

【引伸】
precip.itously
adv.(副词)
precip.itousness
n.(名词)

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