abrupt
英 [ə'brʌpt]
美[ə'brʌpt]
	    - adj. 生硬的;突然的;唐突的;陡峭的
 
英英释意
- 1. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;
 - "abrupt prose"
 
- 2. exceedingly sudden and unexpected;
 - "came to an abrupt stop"
 - "an abrupt change in the weather"
 
- 3. extremely steep;
 - "an abrupt canyon"
 - "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
 - "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
 - "a sharp drop"
 
- 4. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner;
 - "an abrupt reply"