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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sudden ['s^dən]
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1.
adj
occurring or performed quickly and without warning
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2.
adj
marked by haste; abrupt
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3.
adj
[rare]
rash; precipitate
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4.
n
[archaic]
an abrupt occurrence or the occasion of such an occurrence (in the phrase on a sudden)
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5.
adv
[chiefly poetic]
without warning; suddenly
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6.
adv
[Etymology]
C13: via French from Late Latin subit
a neus, from Latin subitus unexpected, from subi re to happen unexpectedly, from sub- secretly +i re to go
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1.
adj
occurring or performed quickly and without warning
Examples
- a sudden turn in the road
- 路上的一处急转弯 → sudden
- to temper steel by heating and sudden cooling
- 通过加热和骤冷来炼钢 → temper
- Peter was able to scare away the bear with a sudden movement.
- 彼得突然动了一下，才吓走了那只熊。 → movement
- The years rolled by and all of a sudden we were finished with school and ready for the real world.
- 一年一年时光飞转，我们突然发现自己已经完成了学业，就要步入社会了。 → roll
- There was a sudden sharp pain in her abdomen and she nearly collapsed from the pain.
- 她的小腹突然一阵剧痛，差点儿昏厥过去。 → sharp
- There has been a sudden fall in temperature over the past few hours.
- 在过去几个小时内气温骤然下降。 → temperature
- Mrs Oliver felt a sudden desire to burst out crying.
- 奥利弗夫人突然觉得很想哭出来。 → feel
- He felt a sudden pain in his leg.
- 他突然感到一阵腿疼。 → feel
- all of a sudden
- 出乎意料 → sudden
- his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her → bound
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