单词 | transitoriness |
释义 | transitoriness (once / 56552 pages) n WORD FAMILY transitory: transitorily, transitoriness USAGE EXAMPLESAnother glossary entry reads: "Fireflakes: the stars; as transitory as snowflakes only their transitoriness is protracted." The Guardian(Jun 07, 2013) Burns associated their evanescence with the transitoriness of sensuous gratification:—“they flit ere you can point their place.” M'Pherson, J. G., Meteorology—or Weather Explained(2012) "It sought to wean mankind from the pleasures and vanities of life by pointing to the transitoriness of all human enjoyment." Graves, Kersey, The World's Sixteen Crucified Savio...(2012) n an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying Syn|Hypo|Hyper transience, transiency fugaciousness, fugacity the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingnessthe property of lasting for a very short time impermanence, impermanency the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations |
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