English-Thai Dictionary

evanescent

ADJ หาย ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  ephemeral fleeting transient hai-pai-yang-ruea-reol

 

evanescently

ADV อย่าง ค่อยๆ จางหาย ไป 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EVANESCENT

a.Vanishing; subject to vanishing; fleeting; passing away; liable to dissipation, like vapor, or to become imperceptible. The pleasures and joys of life are evanescent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EVANESCENT

Ev `a *nes "cent, a. Etym: [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere.]

 

1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne.

 

2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.

 

EVANESCENTLY

Ev `a *nes "cent *ly, adv. In a vanishing manner

 

Defn:; imperceptibly. Chalmers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

evanescent

ev a nes cent |ˌevəˈnesənt ˌɛvəˈnɛsnt | ▶adjective chiefly literary soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing: a shimmering evanescent bubble. • Physics denoting a field or wave that extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance. DERIVATIVES ev a nes cence noun, ev a nes cent ly adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible ’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing, ’ from the verb evanescere (see evanesce ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

evanescent

evan |es ¦cent |iːvəˈnɛs (ə )nt, ɛv- | ▶adjective 1 chiefly literary soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing: the evanescent Arctic summer. 2 Physics denoting a field or wave which extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance. DERIVATIVES evanescence noun, evanescently adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘almost imperceptible ’): from Latin evanescent- ‘disappearing ’, from the verb evanescere (see evanesce ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

evanescent

evanescent adjective literary operating on an evanescent budget: vanishing, fading, evaporating, melting away, disappearing; ephemeral, fleeting, short-lived, short-term, transitory, transient, fugitive, temporary. ANTONYMS permanent. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See temporary . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

evanescent

evanescent adjective 1 they were operating on an evanescent budget: vanishing, fading, evaporating, melting away, disappearing, diminishing, dwindling, shrinking, fugitive; rare fugacious. ANTONYMS unlimited. 2 this has only an evanescent effect on the rate of inflation: ephemeral, fleeting, short-lived, short-term, passing, transitory, transient, fugitive, momentary, temporary, brief, here today and gone tomorrow; rare fugacious. ANTONYMS permanent.

 

French Dictionary

évanescent

évanescent , ente adj. adjectif littéraire Fugitif, qui s ’efface peu à peu. : Un rêve évanescent.

 

Spanish Dictionary

evanescente

evanescente adjetivo Que se desvanece o se esfuma como el humo o el vapor :se trataba de expresar estados de espíritu muy circunstanciados, evanescentes y fugitivos, en la poesía, en la música y en la pintura .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

evanescent

ev a nes cent /èvənés (ə )nt, ìːv -/形容詞 ｟文 ｠消えてゆく ; しばしの, はかない .～ly 副詞