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precipitous 音标拼音: [prɪs'ɪpɪtəs] a. 陡峭的,急躁的 陡峭的,急躁的 precipitous adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation; " hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; " hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; " rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; " wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [ synonym: { hasty}, { overhasty}, { precipitate}, { precipitant}, { precipitous}] 2: extremely steep; " an abrupt canyon"; " the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; " the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; " a sharp drop" [ synonym: { abrupt}, { precipitous}, { sharp}] Precipitous \ Pre* cip" i* tous\, a. [ L. praeceps, - cipitis: cf. OF. precipiteux. See { Precipice}.] 1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts. -- Sir T. Browne. " Marian' s low, precipitous ` Hush!'" -- Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Pre* cip" i* tous* ly}, adv. -- { Pre* cip" i* tous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 66 Moby Thesaurus words for " precipitous": abrupt, accident- prone, acclivitous, arduous, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, declivitous, desperate, devil- may- care, electrifying, furious, harum- scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, mad, nerve- shattering, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, panting, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitant, precipitate, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, right- angle, right- angled, right- angular, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, sideling, slap- bang, slapdash, speedy, startling, steep, stickle, straight- up, straight- up- and- down, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked- for, unpredicted, up- and- down, vertical, wanton, wild
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