Ephemera
[i'femәrә]
解释:
(n.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
(n.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
(pl. ) of Ephemeron
手打:朱迪
解释:
n. the Mayfly a genus of short-lived insects: that which lasts a short time.—adj. Ephem′eral existing only for a day: daily: short-lived.—n. anything lasting a short time.—ns. Ephemeral′ity; Ephem′erid an insect belonging to the group Ephemerid.—adj. Ephemerid′ian.—ns. Ephem′eris an account of daily transactions: a journal: an astronomical almanac:—pl. Ephemerides (ef-e-mer′i-dēz); Ephem′erist one who studies the daily motions of the planets; Ephem′eron an insect that lives but a day.—adj. Ephem′erous.
伊丽莎白编辑
例句:
- But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- We became ephemera, to whom the interval between the rising and setting sun was as a long drawn year of common time. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Our name was written a little lower than the angels; and, behold, we were no better than ephemera. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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