suddenness
突然,意外
Sud·den a.
1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. “O sudden wo!” --Chaucer. “For fear of sudden death.” --Shak.
Sudden fear troubleth thee. --Job xxii. 10.
2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
Never was such a sudden scholar made. --Shak.
The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. --Milton.
3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.]
Syn: -- Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for.
-- Sud*den*ly, adv. -- Sud*den*ness, n.
suddenness
n : the quality of happening with headlong haste or without
warning [syn: abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance,
precipitancy]