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复数:ephemeras或ephemerae
noun
something of no lasting significance—usually used in plural
ephemera plural paper items (such as posters, broadsides, and tickets) that were originally meant to be discarded after use but have since become collectibles
14世纪末,最初是医学术语,源自中世纪拉丁语 ephemera (febris) “(热)持续一天”,来自 ephemerus 的女性形式,源自希腊语 ephemeros “每天,一天的”,也指“只活一天的,短命的”,由 epi “在”(参见 epi-)+ hēmerai 构成, hēmerai 是 hēmera 的与格形式,表示“一天”,源自 PIE *Hehmer “一天”。17世纪将其引申为短命的昆虫(现代拉丁语 ephemera musca)和花朵; 1751年首次出现了“短暂存在的事物”的一般意义。与希腊语 ephemeroi “人们”相比,字面意思是“一天的生物”。
暂时状态,暂时事物
New Latin, from Greek ephēmera, neuter plural of ephēmeros
The first known use of ephemera was in 1650
1 The Millers have given about 15,000 pieces of Shaker ephemera to Hamilton College.
2 She was compiling ephemera from our family and Bill’s into a huge book, interweaving the two families’ histories in the way that their marriage interwove the present.
3 I was drawn to ephemera from the Young Pioneers, which I later learned was a Scout-like movement run through schools to instill communist thought.
4 In the South, it seems, the Civil War is often recollected through relics and ephemera.
5 Palm Beach Modern Auctions will host a sale of modern design, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ephemera, and luxury accessories on January 17.
6 The gallery, called the Michael Weinstein Gallery, after the museum’s chairman, will allow the museum to present artwork and ephemera on themes that resonate with the landmark 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue.
7 But it’s nine years of stuff written largely off the cuff as ephemera, if trolls scrutinizing it for ammunition is the new normal, this seems like a “why not?” move.
8 “But it’s nine years of stuff written largely off the cuff as ephemera. If trolls scrutinizing it for ammunition is the new normal, this seems like a ‘why not?’ move.”
9 Mixed among that boldface art are cherished bits of ephemera, such as vintage signs from a now-demolished mental hospital; the gilt letters of one spell out the institute for wayward young women.
10 “Ballet programs fall into that realm of printed memorabilia called ephemera, but they are also handfuls of history that contain the ongoing life of a company.”
11 It is a moving satire on the arbitrariness of the everyday, rivaling the best of Douglas Adams in its witty conjugation of cultural norms and ephemera.
12 Large new souvenir shop, antique and ephemera sales on the ground floor.
新的大型礼品店, 古董店和蜉蝣销售地下.
13 Expect to see photographs of Harvey Fierstein in the early stages of creating his “Torch Song Trilogy”; a program from an overlooked Philip Glass opera; and ephemera from Warhol’s Factory.
14 "Made In Hollywood" also benefitted from the Baltimore native's extensive archive of ephemera and memorabilia.
15 And then there’s the ephemera of postcards or love letters or musical instruments.
16 This handsome edition offers page after page of photographic reproductions of the handwritten notes, drawings and occasional pasted-in photographs and other ephemera that made up the original.
17 Artfully illustrated with paintings, documents and ephemera of the time.
18 There are also previously unpublished photographs and ephemera, like Woolf’s passport, and first editions of her books, some of them inscribed to friends and family.
19 What’s more, “in a world where our lives are increasingly digital … we can’t help but treasure these instances of tangible ephemera.”
20 It was the first tangible byproduct of an intense archival effort around the music of Garner, who died in 1977, leaving many unheard recordings and ephemera behind.