sudden

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
    — The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.
  2. Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid. obsolete
    — Never was such a sudden scholar made.
  3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. obsolete
    — I have no joy of this contract to-night: / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
副词 adv.
  1. Suddenly. poetic
    — Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered.

词形变化

suddener comparative suddenest superlative more sudden comparative most sudden superlative suddens plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
词源 2
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
词源 3
From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subitānus (“sudden”), from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of subīre (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + īre (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous. Displaced native Old English fǣrlīċ.
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