ephemerality

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience. uncountable
    — But in that quest, we sometimes lose sight of a central tenet: Nature’s ephemerality makes it all the more enchanting.
  2. Something that is ephemeral. countable
    — So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.

词形变化

ephemeralities plural

词汇关系

近义词
evanescence impermanence transience transiency volatility

词源

Etymology tree
English ephemeral
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English ephemerality
From ephemeral + -ity.
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