fleeting

英語

詞源

源自中古英語 fleten (「浮動」)，源自古英語 flēotan (「浮動」)，源自原始日耳曼語 *fleutaną，源自原始印歐語 *plewd-。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈfliːtɪŋ/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• 韻部：-iːtɪŋ

形容詞

fleeting (比較級 more fleeting，最高級 most fleeting)

1. 短暫的

   近義詞：transient、ephemeral；亦參見Thesaurus:ephemeral

   • 1931, Martha Kinross, 「The Screen — From This Side」, 出自 The Fortnightly, 第 130 卷，第 511 頁:

     Architecture, sculpture, painting are static arts. Even in literature "our flying minds," as George Meredith says, cannot contain protracted description. It is so; for from sequences of words they must assemble all the details in one simultaneous impression. But moments of fleeting beauty too transient to be caught by any means less swift than light itself are registered on the screen.

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   • 2003, Gabrielle Walker, Snowball Earth: The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN，第 34–35 頁s:

     During the fleeting summer months of his field season, when the outer vestiges of winter melted briefly, there were ponds and pools and lakes of water everywhere.

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   • 2008, Barbara L. Bellman, Susan Goldstein, Flirting After Fifty: Lessons for Grown-Up Women on How to Find Love Again, iUniverse, 出版於 2008, →ISBN，第 12 頁:

     For starters, we see examples all the time of some middle-aged men trying to hang onto their own fleeting youth by sporting younger women on their arms.

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   • 2010, Leslie Ludy, The Lost Art of True Beauty: The Set-Apart Girl's Guide to Feminine Grace, Harvest House Publishers, 出版於 2010, →ISBN，第 5 頁:

     And I am inspired afresh to pursue the stunning beauty of Christ rather than the fleeting beauty of this world.

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動詞

fleeting

1. fleet 的現在時分詞和動名詞