sudden

adjective
🔊/ˈsʌdn/
🔊/ˈsʌdn/
Idioms
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  1. happening or done quickly and unexpectedly突然的;忽然的;骤然的
    • News of his sudden and unexpected death came as a great shock.他突然和意外死亡的消息震惊了。
    • a sudden change in temperature温度的突然变化
    • There were several sudden bursts of gunfire outside.外面突然有几声枪声。
    • It was only decided yesterday. It's all been very sudden.这是昨天才决定的,一切都非常突然。🔊🔊
    • Don't make any sudden movements.不要突然做动作。🔊🔊
    • His death was very sudden.他死得很突然。🔊🔊
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    Oxford Collocations DictionarySudden is used with these nouns:
    • acceleration
    • alarm
    • anger
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French sudein, from an alteration of Latin subitaneus, from subitus ‘sudden’.
Idioms
all of a sudden
  1. quickly and unexpectedly突然;猛地
    • All of a sudden someone grabbed me around the neck.猛不防有人抓住了我的脖子。🔊🔊