transient
英 ['tr?nz??nt]
美 ['tr?nz?rnt]
- adj. 短暫的；路過的
- n. 瞬變現象；過往旅客；候鳥
助記提示
1. trans- "across, over" + ire "go" (see ion) => transire "cross over, pass away, go over".
2. transire => transi- + -ent => transient.
3. => passing over or away.
中文詞源
transient 短暫的，臨時的來自 transit,中轉，過渡，-ent,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- transient
- transient: [17] English adapted transient from trānsiēns, the present participle of Latin trānsīre ‘go over’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns- ‘across, over’ and īre ‘go’ (source also of English coitus, exit, obituary, etc). Also from trānsīre come English trance [14], transit [15], transition [16], transitive [16], and transitory [14].
=> coitus, exit, obituary, transit, transitory - 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" (see trans-) + ire "to go" (see ion). 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.
雙語例句
- 1. the transient nature of speech
- 言語的即逝性
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Her feeling of depression was transient.
- 她的壓抑心情一會兒就過去了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In most cases, pain is transient.
- 大多數情況下，疼痛是短暫的。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Transient applications must be simple, clear, and to the point.
- 暫時應用必須簡單 、 清晰并且意思明確.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 5. Such single - function applications have a posture of their own, the transient posture.
- 并且不應該表現出獨占式的行為,這樣單一功能的應用有其自己的暫時姿態.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓