fugitive
fugitive
意味(日本語)
逃亡者、(形)逃亡する、変わりやすい
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
意味(英語)
- (adjective) Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
- (adjective) Lasting only a short time; fleeting: "[His] house and burial place ... should be visited by all who profess even a fugitive interest in political economy” ( John Kenneth Galbraith).
- (adjective) Difficult to comprehend or retain; elusive: fugitive solutions to the problem.
- (adjective) Given to change or disappearance; perishable: fugitive beauty.
- (adjective) Of temporary interest: fugitive essays.
例文
- These are things easily obtained in their freshness, but the term fugitive is too expressive of their nature, and after a generation or two they have all flown away, save those which the book-hunter has exorcised into the vaults of some public collection.

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centrifugal
centrifugal
遠心(性)の、遠心力を利用した ◇反対語 centripetal
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
fugacious
fugacious
逃げやすい、はかない、消えやすい、揮発性の
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
fugal
fugal
(音楽)フーガの
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
fugue
fugue
(音楽)フーガ、遁走曲
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
refuge
refuge
避難、保護
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
refugee
refugee
避難者、難民
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)
subterfuge
subterfuge
口実、ごまかし、逃げ口上 ◇L.subter(=below 下の、下へ)
語源
- fug-, fugit- : L.fugere = to flee(逃げる)