单词 | ephemeral |
释义 | ephem·er·al I. 1. a. < ephemeral boundaries > < their floors and ceilings … thin and ephemeral in appearance as a card palace — Roderick Cameron > : fleeting < jazz is perishable, ephemeral, elusive — Whitney Balliett > specifically < ephemeral fever > < ephemeral blossom > b. < were not local and ephemeral … but universal and timeless — J.P.Boyd > c. < ephemeral data, the businessman's unrecorded wealth of experiential knowledge of the behavior of consumers > : intangible 2. < a medium so ephemeral as radio > < prose drama is the most ephemeral of the arts … practically all plays find their resting places on the library shelves after their brief day or few decades in the theater — R.A.Cordell > Synonyms: see transient II. |
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