ephemera
n . 生命极短促之物,蜉蝣
生命极短促之物,蜉蝣
ephemera n 1 :
something transitory ;
lasting a day May \
May \,
n . [
F .
Mai ,
L .
Maius ;
so named in honor of the goddess Maia (
Gr .
Mai ^
a ),
daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter .]
1 .
The fifth month of the year ,
containing thirty -
one days .
--
Chaucer .
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2 .
The early part or springtime of life .
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His May of youth ,
and bloom of lustihood . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Bot .)
The flowers of the hawthorn ; --
so called from their time of blossoming ;
also ,
the hawthorn .
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The palm and may make country houses gay . --
Nash .
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Plumes that mocked the may . --
Tennyson .
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4 .
The merrymaking of May Day . --
Tennyson .
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{
Italian may } (
Bot .),
a shrubby species of {
Spiraea }
({
Spiraea hypericifolia })
with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches .
{
May apple } (
Bot .),
the fruit of an American plant ({
Podophyllum peltatum }).
Also ,
the plant itself (
popularly called {
mandrake }),
which has two lobed leaves ,
and bears a single egg -
shaped fruit at the forking .
The root and leaves ,
used in medicine ,
are powerfully drastic .
{
May beetle }, {
May bug } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May .
They belong to {
Melolontha },
and allied genera .
Called also {
June beetle }.
{
May Day },
the first day of May ; --
celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland ,
and by dancing about a May pole .
{
May dew },
the morning dew of the first day of May ,
to which magical properties were attributed .
{
May flower } (
Bot .),
a plant that flowers in May ;
also ,
its blossom .
See {
Mayflower },
in the vocabulary .
{
May fly } (
Zool .),
any species of {
Ephemera },
and allied genera ; --
so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May .
See {
Ephemeral fly },
under {
Ephemeral }.
{
May game },
any May -
day sport .
{
May lady },
the queen or lady of May ,
in old May games .
{
May lily } (
Bot .),
the lily of the valley ({
Convallaria majalis }).
{
May pole }.
See {
Maypole }
in the Vocabulary .
{
May queen },
a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day .
{
May thorn },
the hawthorn .
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Ephemera \
E *
phem "
e *
ra \,
n . [
NL .,
fr .
Gr . ?
a day fly ,
fr . ?
daily ,
lasting but a day ; ?
over ?
day .]
1 . (
Med .)
A fever of one day '
s continuance only .
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2 . (
Zo ["
o ]
l .)
A genus of insects including the day flies ,
or ephemeral flies .
See {
Ephemeral fly },
under {
Ephemeral }.
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Ephemeron \
E *
phem "
e *
ron \,
n .;
pl . {
Ephemera }. [
NL .
See {
Ephemera }.] (
Zo ["
o ]
l .)
One of the ephemeral flies .
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Ephemera - Wikipedia Ephemera (from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephēmeros) 'lasting only a day') are items which were not originally designed to be retained or preserved, but have been collected or retained The word is both plural and singular [1]
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