ephemeral

C2 大学 FREQ #38773

a. 朝生暮死的, 短命的, 短暂的 [医] 暂时的

发音

US /ɛˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/

词形变化

ephemerals 复数 ephemerals more ephemeral 比较级 most ephemeral 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

只生存一天的事物

形容词

短暂的；朝生暮死的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something which lasts for a short period of time.

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Lasting for a short period of time.

    短暂的

    一时的

    短暂嘅

    一时嘅

    1821-1822, Vicesimus Knox, Remarks on the tendency of certain Clauses in a Bill now pending in Parliament to degrade Grammar Schools Esteem, lasting esteem, the esteem of good men, like himself, will be his reward, when the gale of ephemeral popularity shall have gradually subsided.

  2. 2.

    Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.

    朝生暮死的

    昙花一现的

    生物
  3. 3.

    Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.

    地质

    The graben constitutes a depositional basin and a topographic low, underlain by Cretaceous shales, in which volcanic debris accumulated in ephemeral lakes and streams in Oligocene and early Miocene time.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ephemeron

上位词 1

insect
形容词

同义词 5

passing transient short-lived transitory fugacious

近义相关 2

temporary impermanent

相关短语

ephemeral lake ephemeral lakes ephemeral fever [医] 短暂热 ephemeral state ephemeral states bovine ephemeral fever spring ephemeral

词源

From New Latin ephemerus, from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros), the more common form of ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios, “of, for, or during the day, living or lasting but for a day, short-lived, temporary”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).

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