fleeting

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fleet·ing /ˈfliːtɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [usually before noun]

SHORT TIMElasting for only a short time 短暂的，飞逝的 SYN brief

a fleeting smile

一闪即逝的微笑

For one fleeting moment, Paula allowed herself to forget her troubles.

就在这一片刻，葆拉让自己暂时忘却了烦恼。

I caught a fleeting glimpse of them as they drove past.

我瞥见他们驱车一闪而过。

Carol was paying a fleeting visit to Paris.

卡罗尔在巴黎短暂停留。

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—fleetingly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

fleeting• She felt a fleeting distant surprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.• I caught a fleeting glimpse of them as they drove past.• The wind was tugging at her hair, the setting sun turning it to false and fleeting gold.• Thankfully both pilots came out of their fleeting meeting physically unscathed but both will remember the event for ever more.• A specific point of view of a space, in a fleeting moment of time, could be held in utter stillness.• Love flared through her, she felt desire and sadness too because she knew this was a fleeting moment.• He put the fleeting temptation aside, surprised that it had even occurred to him.

fleeting visit• It was a fleeting visit, but in the best traditions of a charming Prince, he bowled them over.• When we met, Carol was paying a fleeting visit to Paris.

Origin fleeting

(1600-1700) fleet “to go quickly” ((16-19 centuries)), from Old English fleotan “to float”

fleet·ing adjectiveadj

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