ephemeral

英 [ɪ'femərəl] 美 [ɪ'femərəl]

• adj. 短暂的；朝生暮死的
• n. 生存极短时间的事物

英英释义

Noun:

1. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

Adjective:

1. lasting a very short time;

   "the ephemeral joys of childhood"
   "a passing fancy"
   "youth's transient beauty"
   "love is transitory but it is eternal"
   "fugacious blossoms"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Most newspapers are of ephemeral interest.
   多数报纸只能引起读者短暂的注意。
2. Slang words are often ephemeral.
   俚语往往只流行于一时。
3. Such novels came forward to enjoy ephemeral popularity only.
   这样的小说只是昙花一现的东西而已。

经典引文

• Much of Gosse's energy was going into ephemeral journalism.

  出自： A. Thwaite

词汇搭配

• vernal ephemeral plant 春季短生植物...
• bovine ephemeral fever 牛列热
• ephemeral lake 季节性湖泊
• ephemeral word 瞬息新词
• ephemeral stream 季节性河流
• ephemeral plant 短生植物,短命植物...
• ephemeral fever 一日热
• ephemeral pneumonia 暂时性肺炎

近反义词

【近义词】

• fleeting 短暂的
• momentary 短暂的
• slippery 滑的
• mushroom 蘑菇
• flying 飞似的
• passing 通过
• short-lived 短命的
• transient 短暂的
• transitory 暂时的
• brief 短暂的
• temporary 暂时的
• evanescent 迅速消失的
• fugacious 易逃逸的
• ephemeron 短命的东西