transient
US: /ˈtɹænʒənt/
UK: /tɹˈænsiənt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
transient /'trænziənt/- tính từ
- ngắn ngủi, nhất thời, chóng tàn
- transient success: thắng lợi nhất thời
- tạm thời
- thoáng qua, nhanh, vội vàng
- transient sorrow: nỗi buồn thoáng qua
- a transient gleam of hope: một tia hy vọng thoáng qua
- to cast a transient look at: đưa mắt nhìn vội, nhìn thoáng qua
- ở thời gian ngắn
- transient guest: khách ở lại thời gian ngắn
- transient lodger: người trọ ngắn ngày
- (âm nhạc) (thuộc) nốt đệm
- ngắn ngủi, nhất thời, chóng tàn
- danh từ
- khách ở lại thời gian ngắn; khách trọ ngắn ngày
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective (formal)
1 continuing for only a short time
Synonym: TEMPORARY
the transient nature of speech
2 staying or working in a place for only a short time, before moving on: a city with a large transient population (= of students, temporary workers, etc.)
transience noun [U]: the transience of human life
+ noun (especially AmE) a person who stays or works in a place for only a short time, before moving on: Most of the farm workers are transients.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
transitory, temporary, brief, fleeting, momentary, passing, ephemeral, fugacious, fugitive, evanescent, short-lived, short-term, impermanent, fly-by-night, volatile:
The peace was transient, as the outbreak of civil war soon followed. A souvenir shop obviously sells more to the transient trade than to residents.
Concise dictionary
transients'træʃnt /-nzɪəntnoun
+one who stays for only a short time
+(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
adj.
+of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
+lasting a very short time
