abrupt
[ə'brʌpt]
a. 突, 唐突, 陡, 连贯

1. That young man has an abrupt manner.
   那态很礼。
2. The meeting came to an abrupt end.
   议突束。
3. A heavy or abrupt fall or collision.
   坠落、碰撞重重突落碰撞

abrupt
[ adj ]

1. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

<adj.all>
abrupt prose

2. exceedingly sudden and unexpected

<adj.all>
came to an abrupt stop
an abrupt change in the weather

3. extremely steep

<adj.all>
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

<adj.all>
an abrupt reply

Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break
off; ab + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.]
1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices,
banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. ``Tumbling
through ricks abrupt,'' --Thomson.

2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden;
hasty; unceremonious. ``The cause of your abrupt
departure.'' --Shak.

3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another;
unconnected.

The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. --B.
Jonson.

4. (Bot.) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off. --Gray.

Syn: Sudden; unexpected; hasty; rough; curt; unceremonious;
rugged; blunt; disconnected; broken.


Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, n. [L. abruptum.]
An abrupt place. [Poetic]

``Over the vast abrupt.'' --Milton.


Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, v. t.
To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] ``Till death abrupts them.''
--Sir T. Browne.