| 英语单词 | fleeting |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['fliːtɪŋ] 美 ['fliːtɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.短暂的;疾驰的 动词fleet的现在分词形式. |
| 英语例句 | (1) The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and overripe. (2) They fired at a fleeting enemy. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 人生盛年是处于青涩和过孰之间的短暂时光。 (2) 他们向正在逃跑的敌人开火。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Fleeting is an adjective that describes something that happens really fast, or something that doesn’t last as long as you’d like. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]短暂的;飞逝的 Fleeting is used to describe something which lasts only for a very short time. [usu ADJ n]
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