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Fleeting Fli:Tiŋ A.短暂的,飞逝的 英 Adj.短暂的,飞逝的 Passing Swiftly Lasting

单词 fleeting
音标 ['fli:tiŋ]
解释 a.短暂的,飞逝的
红宝书 【英】 adj.短暂的,飞逝的( passing swiftly; not lasting; transient)
【考】 反义词:perennial( 长期的)
【记】 来自fleet(疾飞,掠 过)
【例】 Youth is so fleeting.
字源 fleeting (adj.)
early 13c., "fickle, shifting, unstable," from Old English fleotende "floating, drifting," later "flying, moving swiftly," from present participle of fleotan (see fleet (v.)). Meaning "existing only briefly" is from 1560s.
不择手段背单词 adj. 短暂飞逝的 = transient = ephemeral
【记】fleet(n 舰队; v 疾飞; 掠过)
【反】perennial(adj 四季不断的; 终年的; 永久的)
趣味全助记 【记】来自fleet 机群,舰队,车队,机群→疾飞,掠过,飞逝;ee=i=igh,flight 飞行

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