transient
transient 英 [ˈtrænziənt] 美 [ˈtrænziənt]
adj. 短暂的；路过的 n. 过往旅客；候鸟
名词复数:transients
- Use the adjective transient to describe something that always changes or moves around. If your older brother is constantly moving from city to city, you can say he's transient.
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- adj. 短暂的；路过的
- n. 过往旅客；候鸟
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1. the transient nature of speech
言语的即逝性
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2. a city with a large transient population
有大量流动人口的城市
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3. the transience of human life
人生的短暂
- transient (adj.) c. 1600, "transitory, not durable," from Latin transientem (nominative transiens) "passing over or away," present participle of transire "cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away," from trans "across, beyond" (see trans-) + ire "to go" (from PIE root *ei- "to go"). Meaning "passing through a place without staying" is from 1680s. The noun is first attested 1650s; specific sense of "transient guest or boarder" attested from 1857. Related: Transiently.
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