| 英语单词 | momentary |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['məʊməntri] 美 ['moʊmənteri] |
| 中文释义 | adj.短暂的;瞬间的;刹那间的;时时刻刻的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) She hesitated in momentary confusion. (2) They became dizzy with this momentary "victory". (3) Sometimes growing up is just a momentary matter. (4) Her feeling of fear was only momentary; it soon passed. (5) I caught a momentary glimpse of them. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她一时思想紊乱,犹豫不定。 (2) 他们被一时的所谓胜利冲昏了头脑。 (3) 长大有时只是一瞬间的事。 (4) 她的恐惧感仅是瞬息间的,很快就消失了。 (5) 我瞥了他们一眼。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that lasts for a very short time is momentary. A flash of lightning is momentary, since it blazes across the sky for only a second or two. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Use the adjective momentary when you want to describe something brief or fleeting, like a momentary pause in a speech or a momentary flash of insight that pops into your head and disappears. If it lasts just a moment, it's momentary. The root word is the Latin momentarius, "of brief duration," which in turn comes from momentum, "short time, or instant." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]瞬息的;片刻的;短暂的 Something that is momentary lasts for a very short period of time, for example for a few seconds or less.
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