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飞逝的;疾驰的;短暂的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fleet \Fleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle['o]tan to
   swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG.
   fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow, Sw.
   flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. ? to sail, swim,
   float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. [root]84. Cf. {Fleet}, n. &
   a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.]
   1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]

            And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
      as a light substance.

            All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
            Dissolved on earth, fleet hither.     --Milton.

   3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
      or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
   Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
   the fleeting hours or moments.

   Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fleeting
     adj : lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
           "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
           things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
            {fugitive}, {momentaneous}, {momentary}]