fugitive

fugitive

意味(日本語)

逃亡者、(形)逃亡する、変わりやすい

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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

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fugacious

fugacious

逃げやすい、はかない、消えやすい、揮発性の

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【広告】

fugal

fugal

(音楽)フーガの

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fugue

fugue

(音楽)フーガ、遁走曲

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refuge

refuge

避難、保護

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refugee

refugee

避難者、難民

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subterfuge

subterfuge

口実、ごまかし、逃げ口上 ◇L.subter(=below 下の、下へ)

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