abrupt
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- adj. 生硬的；突然的；唐突的；陡峭的
英英釋意
- 1. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;
- "abrupt prose"
- 2. exceedingly sudden and unexpected;
- "came to an abrupt stop"
- "an abrupt change in the weather"
- 3. extremely steep;
- "an abrupt canyon"
- "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
- "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
- "a sharp drop"
- 4. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner;
- "an abrupt reply"
