short-lived

形容词 adj.
/ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/|/ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Alive or existent for only a short period of time.
    — But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed.
  2. Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.

词形变化

shorter-lived comparative shortest-lived superlative shortlived alternative

词源

From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary