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单词 ephemeron
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ephemeronn.

/ɪˈfɛmərən/
Forms: Plural 1600s–1800s ephemera, 1800s ephemerons.
Etymology: < Greek (ζῷον) ἐϕήμερον (Aristotle H.A. i. v.), neuter of ἐϕήμερος : see ephemera n.2
1. An insect, which, in its winged state, lives but for a day. Cf. ephemera n.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of
drake-flya1450
hemeraa1592
ephemeron1626
ephemeran1643
ephemeraa1676
drake1676
grey drake1676
yellow-dun1676
greentail1681
grannom1787
ephemeral1817
shad-fly1825
ephemerid1872
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §697 There are certain Flyes, that are called Ephemera, that liue but a day.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 30 The Ephemeron, a Fly that lives but five Hours.
1844 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 210 An ephemeron, hovering over a pool for its one April day of life.
1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 The most beautiful species of our ephemera, the green and grey drakes, must not be forgotten.
2. figurative. A short-lived person, institution, or production.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being
shadowa1272
breathc1275
cloudc1384
cherry-fair1393
transitorya1500
fume1531
forwhilea1557
flitter1623
ephemeran1643
daysman1658
transient1660
fugitive1683
transiency1728
ephemera1751
ephemeron1771
perishable1822
toadstool1823
evanescence1830
a sometime thing1935
1771 Bachelor (1773) I. No. 38. 254 Unnotic'd, dull invective lyes, A mere Ephemeron it dyes, Or but provokes a jest.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 371 This political ephemeron [constitution formed by the National Assembly in 1791].
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 78 All the human ephemera of Lisbon.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 208 Every ephemeron of a tale-writer, a dramatist, etc.
1859 F. W. Fairholt Tobacco iii. 61 Samuel Rowlands, a prolific writer of ephemera.
1878 J. Morley Carlyle 173 A cloud of sedulous ephemera still suck a little spiritual moisture.
3. A plant described by ancient writers. Obsolete.Some ancient authors distinguish two plants called ephemeron: one so named because springing up and dying in one day, the other as being a poison that causes death within a day.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > biblical, mythical, or plants of antiquity > [noun]
honeysucklea1387
heath1535
bulbine1548
tragium1567
alimon1572
behen1578
ephemeron1578
spattania1583
cassia1594
anacampserote1601
springwort1862
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlv. 204 If it be Ephemeron as it seemeth to be, then it is good for the teeth.
1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) ii. To Rdr. ⁋9 Many writings are like the plant Ephemeron; which springeth, flourisheth, and fadeth in one day.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 35 It [goat's milk] helps against the ephemeron or cantharides [mistranslates contra cantharidas et contra ephemeri potum Plin. N.H. xxviii. xlv].
4. attributive.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]
slidinga900
scrithingOE
henwardOE
swifta1225
short livya1325
passing1340
flittingc1374
shadowy1374
temporalc1384
speedfula1400
transitory?c1400
brittlea1425
unabidingc1430
frail?c1450
indurablec1450
scrithel?c1475
caduke1483
transitorious1492
passanta1500
perishinga1500
caducea1513
fugitive?1518
caducal?1548
quick1548
delible1549
flittering1549
undurable?1555
shadowish1561
fleeting1563
vading1566
flightful1571
wanzing1571
transitive1575
slipping1581
diary1583
unlasting1585
never-lasting1588
flit1590
post-like1594
running1598
short-lived1598
short-winded1598
transient1599
unpermanent1607
flashy1609
of a day1612
passable1613
dureless1614
urgenta1616
waxena1616
decayable1617
horary1620
evanid1626
fugitable1628
short-dated1632
fugacious1635
ephemerala1639
impermanent1653
fungous1655
volatile1655
ephemerousa1660
unimmortal1667
timesome1674
while-being1674
of passage1680
journal1685
ephemeron1714
admovent1727
evanescent1728
meteorous1750
deciduous1763
preterient1786
ephemeridal1795
meteorica1802
meteor1803
ephemerean1804
ephemerid1804
evanescing1805
fleeted1810
fleet1812
unenduring1814
unremaining1817
unimmortalized1839
impersistent1849
flighty1850
uneternal1862
caducous1863
diurnal1866
horarious1866
brisk1879
evasive1881
picaresque1959
1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 3) iv. xi. 183 Swammerdam observes of the Ephemeron-Worms, that their Food is Clay.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Travellers into Arabia tell us of several Ephemeron Trees which grow every Day, from Morn to Noon, and then disappear.
a1791 J. Wesley Serm. in Wks. (1811) IX. 115 An Ephemeron Fly lives six hours.
1796 I. D'Israeli Miscellanies 115 Several singular coincidencies alone gave the ephemeron critic his temporary existence.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii. 454 An ephemeron fly [produces] a cod-bait maggot.

Draft additions 1993

b. plural ephemera. Printed matter of no lasting value except to collectors, as tickets, posters, greetings cards, etc.
ΚΠ
1938 Proc. Special Libraries Assoc. I. 55 (heading) Pamphlets and ephemera.
1943 Gloss. Libr. Terms (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 53 Ephemera. 1. Current material, usually pamphlets and clippings, of temporary interest and value. 2. Similar material of the past which has acquired literary or historical significance.
1956 Library Sept. 8 (advt.) Catalogues offering rare and interesting books, pamphlets and ephemera post free.
1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 126 Faddy ephemera covered its walls: posters of Jimi Hendrix, Auden and Isherwood, Rasputin.
1981 Times 2 Nov. 10/7 The Ephemera Society's 1981 award of the Samuel Pepys medal for an outstanding contribution to ephemera studies has been made to Mr John Lewis, the graphic designer and typographer.

Draft additions 1993

eˈphemerist n.2 a collector of ephemera (sense 2).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector
bibliophile1824
antiquist1856
trophy hunter1862
antiquer1906
cartophilist1936
phillumenist1943
deltiologist1959
tegestologist1960
notaphilist1970
ephemerist1976
scripophile1978
scripophilist1979
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 2 Nov. 3/7 The hoarders, or ephemerists as they prefer to be known, are people who collect the printed oddments of everyday life.
1990 Sunday Tel. 27 May (Review section) p. iv/5 Almost all the material that ephemerists collect is intrinsically worthless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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