ephemeral

英 [ɪˈfemərəl]

美 [ɪˈfemərəl]

adj.  短暂的; 瞬息的

复数：ephemerals　

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BNC.15628 / COCA.14116

牛津词典

adj.

• 短暂的；瞬息的
  lasting or used for only a short period of time

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;瞬间的
  If you describe something asephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a very short time.
  1. He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat...
     他谈到战败使得该国短暂的统一彻底破灭。
  2. These paintings are in some ways a reminder that earthly pleasures are ephemeral.
     这些画在某种意义上提醒人们世俗的享乐是短暂的。

英英释义

noun

• anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
  Synonym:ephemeron

adj

• lasting a very short time
  1. the ephemeral joys of childhood
  2. a passing fancy
  3. youth's transient beauty
  4. love is transitory but it is eternal
  5. fugacious blossoms
  Synonym:passingshort-livedtransienttransitoryfugacious

双语例句

• It makes our life fragile, ephemeral, and as a result of that, more precious.
  它让我们的生命脆弱，短暂，因此而更珍贵。
• Time is eternal, while life is ephemeral.
  时间是永恒的，而生命确很短暂。
• Their colours and their sense of the ephemeral make them a source of inspiration.
  它们的颜色和它们给人的生命短暂的意识，使其成为一个灵感的源泉。
• There smiles the Divine Child among his playthings of unmeaning clouds and ephemeral lights and shadows.
  那圣洁的孩子在乏味的云层和倏忽变幻的浮光掠影中嬉戏微笑。
• But the ephemeral is still ephemeral if you merely reproduce it and pass it on.
  不过，如果你只是复制并传递短暂，它仍然只能短暂。
• Files stored here should be considered temporary because each instance's file system is ephemeral.
  存储在这里的文件应该被认为是临时的，因为每个实例的文件系统不是永久的。
• However, some of the most beautiful and incredible occurrences are ephemeral, creative and destructive all at the same time.
  然而，一些最美丽的和令人难以置信的事物的短暂性、创造性和破坏性同时存在。
• 40379 is the source, or ephemeral port, and is only significant for this connection.
  是源或临时端口，并且仅对这个连接有意义。
• Ephemeral storage is the storage embedded in the virtual machine.
  临时性存储是嵌入在虚拟机中的存储。
• Happiness is frivolous, fleeting, ephemeral.
  幸福是轻浮的、飞驰的、短暂的。