| 单词 | fleeting |
| 释义 | fleeting (once / 1083 pages) adj Fleeting is an adjective that describes something that happens really fast, or something that doesn’t last as long as you’d like. Driving in a car on the highway, you see a unicorn in the woods, but you only get a fleeting glimpse of it because you’re driving too fast. Bummer. Fleeting comes from the Old English word flēotan, which means “float, swim.” Like a ghost ship floating by on a foggy night, fleeting things disappear as fast as they appear. Fleeting love may last more than a moment, but it won’t stay for very long, and that’s why it’s called fleeting. WORD FAMILYfleeting: fleetingest, fleetingly, fleetingness+/fleet: fleeted, fleeter, fleetest, fleeting, fleetly, fleetness, fleets USAGE EXAMPLESFour days later, after being allowed a fleeting meeting with Pan, he was blindfolded and escorted back downstairs into The Residence’s garage. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Here, Russian diplomats might fleetingly pretend they were back at their own dachas – or summer houses – and the resin-scented pine forests of greater Moscow. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) But all the soon-to-be ex-president will prove is the fleeting nature of executive power. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) adj lasting for a markedly brief time a fleeting glance Syn fugitive, momentaneous, momentary short primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration |
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