ephemeral 音標拼音: [ɪf'ɛmɚəl]
a . 朝生暮死,短命,短暫的
朝生暮死,短命,短暫的
ephemeral adj 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 " [
synonym : {
ephemeral }, {
passing },
{
short -
lived }, {
transient }, {
transitory }, {
fugacious }]
n 1 :
anything short -
lived ,
as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [
synonym : {
ephemeron }, {
ephemeral }]
Ephemeral \
E *
phem "
er *
al \,
a .
1 .
Beginning and ending in a day ;
existing only ,
or no longer than ,
a day ;
diurnal ;
as ,
an ephemeral flower .
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2 .
Short -
lived ;
existing or continuing for a short time only .
"
Ephemeral popularity ." --
V .
Knox .
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Sentences not of ephemeral ,
but of eternal ,
efficacy . --
Sir J .
Stephen .
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{
Ephemeral fly } (
Zo ["
o ]
l .),
one of a group of neuropterous insects ,
belonging to the genus {
Ephemera }
and many allied genera ,
which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time .
The larv [
ae ]
are aquatic ; --
called also {
day fly }
and {
May fly }.
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Ephemeral \
E *
phem "
er *
al \,
n .
Anything lasting but a day ,
or a brief time ;
an ephemeral plant ,
insect ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ephemeral ":
brief ,
brittle ,
capricious ,
changeable ,
corruptible ,
deciduous ,
dying ,
episodic ,
evanescent ,
evergreen ,
fading ,
fickle ,
fleeting ,
flitting ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
fragile ,
frail ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
half -
hardy ,
hardy ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inconstant ,
insubstantial ,
momentary ,
mortal ,
mutable ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
passing ,
perennial ,
perishable ,
short ,
short -
lived ,
subject to death ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
unstable ,
volatile
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