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Meteoric Adj Air `Mi:Ti'ɔrik A.流星的;昙花一现的 英 流星的(Consisting Meteors);昙花一现的(Transien

单词 meteoric
音标 [`mi:ti'ɔrik]
解释 a.流星的;昙花一现的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 流星的(consisting of meteors);昙花一现的(transien t , swift)
【考】 反义词:gradual(逐 渐的); plodding(缓慢进行的)
【记】 来自meteor(流星,陨 石)+ic
【例】 a meteoric success
字源 meteoric (adj.)
1812, "pertaining to meteors;" earlier "dependent on atmospheric conditions" (1789), from meteor + -ic. Figurative sense of "transiently brilliant" is from 1836.
不择手段背单词 adj. 昙花一现的(辉煌而短暂的)
【记】源于: meteor(n 流星)
【类】fleeting: pass = meteoric: rise飞逝的是短暂经过 = 流星的是短暂出现meteoric: constancy = archaic: currency昙花一现的不是恒久不变 = 古老的不是流行
【反】gradual(adj 逐渐的); plodding(adj 沉重缓慢的)
趣味全助记 【记】meteor 流星, met + air (陨石)碰到空气→流星, eor 为air的变体,原指high in the air
【相关】meter 测量,米

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