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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。
短暂停留者；过客；流动工人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
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
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。
短暂的事物；暂时存在的事物。
Something that is transient.
短暂停留者
one who stays for only a short time
瞬态现象,尤指电流；短暂的浪涌。
A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
(物理)系统因电压、电流或负载突变引起的短暂振荡
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
The hostel is popular with transients who only stay in the city for a night or two.
这家青年旅舍很受只在这座城市停留一两晚的过客欢迎。
AI contextual example
During the harvest season, the farm hires transients to help pick the apples.
在收获季节，农场会雇用临时工帮忙摘苹果。
AI contextual example
Many transients pass through the desert town without making it their home.
许多过客穿过这座沙漠小镇，并未把它当作自己的家。
AI contextual example
transient laborers
流动劳工。
WordNet
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。
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。
特指某些短期居留者群体。
The police moved the transients out of the park.
警察把那些短期居留者赶出了公园。
Not this
He is a transient worker.
Use this
He is a transient.
“transient”作为名词意为“短期居留者”，而“transient worker”是形容词+名词短语，侧重指“临时工人”；若要表达“他是一个暂住者”，应直接用名词形式。
Not this
The hotel hosts many transient.
Use this
The hotel hosts many transients.
“transient”作为可数名词，复数形式为“transients”，中文学习者易忽略复数变化。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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.
这节经文出自哥林多后书4:18（修订标准版），将看得见的、暂时的世界与看不见的、永恒的现实形成对比。人们常引用它来鼓励人以属灵的眼光看待苦难和死亡，其中的'transient'意为短暂的、易逝的。
Use transient naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
可数名词
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