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transient
短暂停留者；过客；流动工人
a person who stays in a place for only a short time; a traveler or migrant worker
- 1.
Something that is transient.
短暂的事物；暂时存在的事物。
- 2.
one who stays for only a short time
短暂停留者
- 3.
A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
瞬态现象,尤指电流；短暂的浪涌。
- 4.
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
(物理)系统因电压、电流或负载突变引起的短暂振荡
- 5.
A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
音频波形中相对响亮、非重复且极快出现的信号,如军鼓的起音。
- 6.
A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
短暂经过某地的人；旅行者；流动工人。
- 7.
A homeless person.
无家可归者。
- 8.
A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
通常在内存中仅短暂驻留的模块。
无家可归者；流浪汉；瞬态；瞬变；瞬态信号；瞬变信号；短暂驻留模块；临时模块；短暂的事物；暂时存在的事物。
In use
The hostel is popular with transients who only stay in the city for a night or two.
During the harvest season, the farm hires transients to help pick the apples.
Many transients pass through the desert town without making it their home.
transient laborers
a transient
The shelter provides beds for a transient each night.
庇护所每晚为一个短期居留者提供床位。
transients
裸复数形式，泛指一类人。
Transients often sleep in the subway.
短期居留者常常睡在地铁里。
the transients
Connections
Collocations
- voltage transient
- 电压瞬变；电压浪涌
- The surge arrester suppresses harmful voltage transients.浪涌保护器抑制有害的电压瞬变。
- switching transient
- 开关瞬态；开关瞬变
- A snubber circuit reduces switching transients in the power supply.缓冲电路可降低电源中的开关瞬态。
- load transient
- 负载瞬变；负载突变引起的瞬态
- The converter keeps the output stable during a load transient.转换器在负载瞬变期间保持输出稳定。
Pop culture & quotes
- Because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
- 原来我们不是顾念所见的，乃是顾念所不见的；因为所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永远的。This verse from 2 Corinthians 4:18 (Revised Standard Version) contrasts the visible, temporary world with the eternal, unseen reality. It is often quoted to encourage a spiritual perspective on hardship and mortality, and it uses 'transient' to mean short-lived or passing.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象火车站里的 'transient'（过客）：车一来就上车离开，停留总是短暂的，正如名词指短暂停留的人或瞬间现象。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：official documents、social services、academic writing 作名词指“短暂停留者/过客”时，多用于正式文书、社会学报告或服务机构语境；日常口语中较少见，常用 visitor、temporary resident 等替代。注册选择上偏向正式。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 transient 的拼写结尾相同（-ient），但读音各不相同：patient、ancient、sufficient、efficient、quotient 读 /ʃənt/，convenient 读 /niənt/。没有词与 transient /ˈtrænʒənt/ 押韵，不要凭拼写类推读音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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