Precipitous

(a.) Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

(a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall.

(a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.

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• One of his favourite amusements, we are told, was the expensive one of rolling elephants down precipitous places in order to watch their sufferings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was fortified both on the top and on the rocky and precipitous sides. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Beyond that the hills become precipitous. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Still he went on, for his mind was as utterly narrowed into that precipitous crevice of play as if he had been the most ignorant lounger there. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I gave it her; and she regarded the now visible, but precipitous steps, as if calculating her capacity to descend. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The arid island of Malta came in sight, and they saw its precipitous shores rising sternly from the tideless waters. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Captain Lennox and another lately married officer shared a villa, high up on the beautiful precipitous rocks overhanging the sea. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• On the east side of the ridge, which is quite precipitous, is a ravine running first north, then westerly, terminating at Baker's Creek. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipt, and she fell into the rapid stream. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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