“precipitously”的英英意思

单词

precipitously

释义

preˈcipitously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly².]
In a precipitous manner.
1. With headlong onward movement; with a rushing violence: = precipitately 2. rare.
1626tr. Boccalini's New-found Pol. ii. iv. 125 What hindred them from running precipitously to the acquisition of all Italie?1864Tennyson Boadicea 58 Till the victim hear within and yearn to hurry precipitously Like the leaf in a roaring whirlwind, like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd.
†2. With undue haste; over-hastily, rashly: = precipitately 3. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 162 The long continuation..without any visible food, which some observing precipitously conclude they [chameleons] eate not any at all.1673H. Stubbe Further Vind. Dutch War 17 Neither is it providential for a weak Prince..to run Precipitously into a War.
3. Like or as a precipice; with a precipitous slope or face; vertically or very steeply.
1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. lxxxvi, Darken'd Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep.1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 294 A smooth rock, which descends precipitously into the sea.

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