precipitous

英 [prɪ'sɪpɪtəs] 美[prɪ'sɪpɪtəs]

• adj. 险峻的；急躁的，鲁莽的

1. done with very great haste and without due deliberation;

"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare

"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes

"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"

"wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

2. characterized by precipices;

"a precipitous bluff"

3. extremely steep;

"an abrupt canyon"

"the precipitous rapids of the upper river"

"the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"

"a sharp drop"