Skip to main content

ephemeral

/ih-fem-er-uhl/US // ɪˈfɛm ər əl //UK // (ɪˈfɛmərəl) //

瞬息万变,瞬息万变的,短暂的,昙花一现

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
    • : lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
    • : being of temporary value or passing interest: ephemeral news clips about forgotten but overhyped crises.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : anything short-lived, as certain insects.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • There’s no ephemeral rush of terror from scaling icy chimneys or descending hillsides.

  • Premium over ephemeral seems to be a differentiation strategy that’s worked so far for Triller.

  • Honk introduces a real-time, ephemeral messaging app aimed at Gen Z — Instead of sending texts off into the void and hoping for a response, friends on Honk communicate via messages that are shown live as you type.

  • We also knew that given the ephemeral nature of transits, the odds of an Earth-size planet transiting a sun-like star were only about 1 in 200.

  • For RVers, this stretch of canyon country is a perfect winter journey thanks to the smaller crowds and ephemeral views of dazzling snow on red sandstone.

  • Following an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.

  • Whatever his approval ratings, the Russian leader knows how ephemeral they can be.

  • Most news articles were just as ephemeral, but it has become harder to pretend.

  • It may all be ephemeral, because most of politics is ephemeral, a cynical means to the end of getting elected.

  • But as stimulus goes, the I-stimulus strikes me as a pretty narcissistic and ephemeral one.

  • Do not suppose that I mean to recommend poor music, or feeble, ephemeral compositions.

  • The Widow Lawton ornamented her kitchen floor in a manner as ephemeral, though less expensive.

  • Another ephemeral paper, L'Italia del Popolo, was launched on its short career.

  • They were, no doubt, chiefly of a pantomimic and ephemeral kind.

  • But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral.