Transient

(noun.) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load.

(noun.) one who stays for only a short time; 'transient laborers'.

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• That Tuesday afternoon the transient doze--more like lethargy than sleep--which sometimes abridged the long days, had stolen over her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The sun had bathed in gold the western atmosphere, and in the east the clouds caught the radiance, and budded into transient loveliness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But it was only a transient happiness. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word _book_ acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• That the knowledge at which geometry aims is knowledge of the eternal, and not of aught perishing and transient. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I had vowed to my own heart never to shadow her countenance even with transient grief, and should I prove recreant at the hour of greatest need? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But he had no hereditary constitutional craving after such transient escapes from the hauntings of misery. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The apparition had been transient--scarce seen ere gone; but its electric passage left her veins kindled, her soul insurgent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He advanced; he opened the door; my back was towards it; I felt a little thrill--a curious sensation, too quick and transient to be analyzed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I was, however, obliged by circumstances to proceed on my journey, without leisure to take more than a transient view of Coningsburgh. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Niepce must, therefore, be awarded the honour of having first discovered the means of rendering permanent the transient images of the camera obscura. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The blood rushed in anger to the countenance of Richard; but it was the first transient emotion, and his sense of justice instantly subdued it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She saw the transient misery; and then, indeed, she caressed me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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