precipitous

英 [pr?'s?p?t?s] 美[pr?'s?p?t?s]
  • adj. 險(xiǎn)峻的；急躁的，魯莽的

英英釋意

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"
2. characterized by precipices;
"a precipitous bluff"
3. extremely steep;
"an abrupt canyon"
"the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
"the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
"a sharp drop"