| 词汇 | SUDDENNESS |
| 释义 | SUDDENNESS all at once suddenly.All at once the chair broke, and Bob fell to the floor.All at once she tripped on a stone. all of a sudden suddenly.All of a sudden lightning struck the tree we were sitting under.I felt a sharp pain in my side all of a sudden. appear out of nowhere to appear suddenly, without warning.A huge bear appeared out of nowhere and roared and threatened us.A butler appeared out of nowhere and took our coats. at one fell swoop and in one fell swoop in a single incident; as a single event. (This phrase preserves the old word fell, meaning "terrible" or "deadly")The party guests ate up all the snacks at one fell swoop.When the stock market crashed, many large fortunes were wiped out in one fell swoop. break out to burst forth suddenly, as with a fire, a riot, giggling, shouting, etc.Afire broke out in the belfry.A round of giggling broke out when the teacher tripped.A riot almost broke out when the police came. in a pinch in a situation where there is but one choice; in a situation where there is not time to locate another choice.I don't care for this kind of paint, but it will do in a pinch.Tom is not the best choice around, but he will have to do in a pinch. like a bolt out of the blue suddenly and without warning. (Refers to a bolt of lightning coming out of a clear blue sky.)The news came to us like a bolt out of the blue.Like a bolt out of the blue, the boss came and fired us all. on the spur of the moment suddenly; spontaneously.We decided to go on the spur of the moment.I had to leave town on the spur of the moment. out of a clear blue sky and out of the blue suddenly; without warning.Then, out of a clear blue sky, he told me he was leaving.Mary appeared on my doorstep out of the blue. out of thin air out of nowhere; out of nothing. (Informal.)Suddenly—out of thin air—the messenger appeared.You just made that up out of thin air. pop up to arise suddenly; to appear without warning.New problems keep popping up all the time.Billy popped up out of nowhere and scared his mother. pull something out of a hat and pull something out of thin air to produce something as if by magic.This is a serious problem, and we just can't pull a solution out of a hat.I'm sorry, but I don't have a pen. What do you want me to do, pull one out of thin air? snap out of something to become suddenly freed from a state. (Informal. The state can be a depression, an illness, unconsciousness, etc.)I was very depressed for a week, but this morning I snapped out of it.It isn't often that a cold gets me down. Usually I can snap out of it quickly. |
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