pre·cip·i·tant /-tənt/
(a.)倒栽蔥的,勇往直前的,火急的沈澱劑
pre·cip·i·tant /prɪˈsɪpətənt/ 名詞
沉降劑,沉澱劑,脫溶物,頭朝下的,倒落的,很快落下的,猛衝的,輕率的,突然的
Pre·cip·i·tant a.
1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
They leave their little lives
Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J. Philips.
Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.
2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor. “Precipitant rebellion.” --Eikon Basilike.
Pre·cip·i·tant, n. Chem. Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.
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precipitant
adj : 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" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitous]
n : an agent that causes a precipitate to form