Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15628
ephemeral
短命的事物；只持续很短时间的东西
Something that lasts for only a short time; a short-lived thing.
也指生命短暂的事物，如仅有一天翅膀形态的昆虫。
- 1.
Something which lasts for a short period of time.
只持续很短时间的事物。
- 2.
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
短命的事物,如仅有一天翅膀形态的昆虫
只持续很短时间的事物。；短命的事物,如仅有一天翅膀形态的昆虫
In use
A snowflake is an ephemeral, vanishing as soon as it touches warm skin.
These meadow ephemerals bloom for just a few days each spring.
Some artists focus on ephemerals like soap bubbles and falling petals.
be an ephemeral
an ephemeral 指某一种短命的东西（如只活一天的昆虫）。
The mayfly is an ephemeral.
蜉蝣是一种短命生物。
there be + ephemerals
there be + 复数名词表示存在；ephemerals 常用复数。
There are ephemerals after the rain.
雨后有一些短命生物。
ephemerals such as [examples]
such as 后接典型例子，用于列举。
Connections
Collocations
- spring ephemerals
- 春季短生植物；春天短暂绽放的野花
- Spring ephemerals bloom in the woods before the trees leaf out.春天短暂的野花在树木长叶前于林中绽放。
- desert ephemerals
- 沙漠短命植物
- After a rare rain, desert ephemerals carpet the sand with color.一场罕见的雨后，沙漠短命植物为沙地铺上色彩。
- the ephemeral
- 短暂的事物；转瞬即逝之物
- His poems celebrate the ephemeral with quiet grace.他的诗歌以宁静的优雅颂扬转瞬即逝之物。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 ephemeral 联想成“一飞没了”：像蜉蝣朝生暮死，只活一天的昆虫，就是短命的事物。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：生态学、文学 ephemeral 作名词时比较正式，多用于学术或文学语境，指短命的事物（如短生植物或仅存活一天左右的昆虫），日常口语中很少使用。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 ephemerals。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -eral 结尾，读音也都有 /-ərəl/，但没有一个与 ephemeral /ɪˈfɛmɝəl/ 完全押韵：ephemeral 的重音在 /fɛm/，后面接 /ɝəl/。几个常用词如 several、general 等的重音都在第一个音节，且 -er- 前的辅音不同，注意不要因拼写相似而误读。
Learn the forms together
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