transient
gb/tɹˈænʒənt/ us/tɹˈænʒənt/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 9400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
unknown
B2
property
1
lasting only a short time
Existing for only a short time and then going away.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a transient [feeling/state/problem]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners often use "transient" where "temporary" or "short" would sound more natural in everyday speech. "Transient" is correct but can sound more formal or literary, so overusing it in casual conversation may feel strange. Some learners also confuse it with "transparent" or "transition" because of similar spelling.
คำพ้องความหมาย
temporary (More common and general; does not have the slightly formal or philosophical tone that "transient" often has.)
คำตรงข้าม
permanent (Describes something that continues and does not end, the opposite of something short-lived or passing.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
transient feeling
|transient pain
|transient problem
|transient phase
|transient phenomenon
|transient moment
หัวข้อ
time
|descriptions
|philosophy
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The storm will be transient, clearing up by this evening.
- She took comfort in knowing that her anxiety was transient and would eventually fade.
- The city’s beauty is most striking in the transient light of sunset.
- These side effects are usually transient and disappear within a few days.
- His anger was only transient, and he soon apologized.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The pain was transient and went away quickly.
- Their problems were transient, not lasting very long.
- Rain is common here, but it is usually transient.
- Her sadness was transient after she talked to a friend.
- This feeling is transient; it will not stay.
adjective
B2
property
2
staying somewhere only briefly
Living or staying in a place for a short time and then leaving.
รูปแบบการใช้:
transient [workers/residents/population]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse "transient" (short-stay people) with "tourist." A "transient" might be a worker, student, or homeless person, not just someone on vacation. Also, learners may incorrectly say *"He is a transient worker here for a short trip"* when "trip" suggests tourism; "assignment" or "season" would be more natural.
คำพ้องความหมาย
temporary (Very close in meaning, but "temporary" is broader; "transient" usually emphasizes short stay in a place or situation.)
คำตรงข้าม
settled (Describes people who live in one place for a long time and do not move often.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
transient workers
|transient population
|transient residents
|transient community
|transient guests
|transient workforce
หัวข้อ
society
|travel
|work
ตัวอย่าง
- The city’s transient population makes it hard to build long-term community ties.
- Many transient workers come here during the harvest season and leave afterward.
- The shelter provides beds for transient residents who have nowhere else to stay.
- That neighborhood is known for its transient student community.
- Hotels near the airport mainly serve transient guests.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The town has many transient workers in the summer.
- This area has a very transient population.
- She works with transient families who move often.
- The hotel is full of transient guests.
- Transient residents do not stay in the city for long.
คำนาม
C1
entity
3
person staying briefly somewhere
Someone who only stays in a place for a short time and then leaves.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a transient [stays/lives/comes/goes]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes use "a transient" to mean any traveler or tourist. In many contexts, especially in American English, "transient" can suggest a person with no stable home or only short, practical stays, and may sound slightly negative or technical in social-policy discussions.
คำพ้องความหมาย
drifter (Suggests a person who moves without a clear plan or purpose and can sound more negative or informal.)
คำตรงข้าม
resident (Someone who lives in a place on a long-term basis, the opposite of a short-term visitor.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
a transient
|transient shelter
|services for transients
|hotel for transients
|group of transients
หัวข้อ
society
|travel
|housing
ตัวอย่าง
- The shelter offers meals and a bed to any transient who needs help.
- The motel mainly serves transients passing through on the highway.
- Local businesses complain that transients do not contribute to the community.
- As a transient, he never stayed in one city for more than a few months.
- The city opened a new center to provide services for transients and homeless people.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The hotel is full of transients who stay one night.
- Transients move from place to place.
- The city gives free food to transients.
- He lived as a transient for many years.
- A transient does not have a long-term home in the town.
adjective
technical
C1
event
4
short-lived change in a system
Used in science or engineering to describe a very short change that happens before things become stable.
รูปแบบการใช้:
transient [signal/response/state/event]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may mix the general sense of "transient" (short-lived) with this technical systems sense. In technical writing, "transient" usually refers specifically to the brief period before a system reaches stability, not just anything temporary.
คำพ้องความหมาย
short-lived (General term for not lasting long; "transient" in this sense is more technical and tied to system behavior.)
คำตรงข้าม
steady-state (Describes a stable condition of a system after temporary changes have ended.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
transient response
|transient state
|transient signal
|transient voltage
|transient current
|transient ischemic attack
หัวข้อ
science
|technology
ตัวอย่าง
- The circuit’s transient response lasts only a few milliseconds.
- Engineers measured the transient voltage spikes during startup.
- We can ignore the transient behavior and focus on the steady-state solution.
- The transient state of the system is visible right after the power is switched on.
- A transient ischemic attack is a brief interruption of blood flow to the brain.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The device shows a strong transient signal at the start.
- We study the transient state before the system becomes stable.
- This graph shows the transient response of the motor.
- There is a transient current when you first turn it on.
- Doctors watched the transient change in his brain activity.
คำนาม
technical
C2
event
5
brief pulse or disturbance
A very short spike or change in a system, for example in electricity or sound.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a transient [occurs/appears/is recorded]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think "transient" as a noun always means a person. In technical contexts, a "transient" is often a short spike or disturbance in a system, not a human.
คำพ้องความหมาย
spike (Informal technical term especially for sudden increases; "transient" is broader and more formal.)
คำตรงข้าม
steady signal (A continuous, unchanging signal, as opposed to a brief disturbance.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
voltage transient
|power transients
|audio transients
|protect against transients
|filter out transients
|capture transients
หัวข้อ
science
|technology
ตัวอย่าง
- The surge protector is designed to absorb electrical transients.
- We recorded several strong transients at the beginning of the sound sample.
- Equipment failure was caused by a voltage transient on the power line.
- The filter removes high-frequency transients from the signal.
- These transients occur whenever the motor is switched on or off.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The device protects the computer from power transients.
- We can see a transient on the screen when the switch is closed.
- The microphone picked up loud transients at the start of the song.
- They tried to remove short transients in the noise.
- A sudden transient can damage sensitive parts.
adjective
technical
C1
property
6
not permanently stored (computing)
Used in computing to say that data or objects only stay in memory for a short time and are not saved.
รูปแบบการใช้:
transient [data/object/error]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may not realize that in computing, "transient" often has a specific technical meaning related to how long data or objects are stored. They might translate it simply as "temporary" and miss the idea that it is not written to permanent storage.
คำพ้องความหมาย
nonpersistent (Technical term that directly contrasts with "persistent"; "transient" is more common in everyday programming talk.)
คำตรงข้าม
persistent (Describes data or objects that continue to exist and are stored beyond the current program run.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
transient data
|transient object
|transient error
|transient field
|transient state
หัวข้อ
technology
ตัวอย่าง
- The application stores user preferences as transient data in memory.
- This transient error usually disappears if you try again.
- We use a transient object to hold the values during calculation.
- Mark this field as transient so it will not be serialized.
- The bug only affects the transient state during startup.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The program keeps some transient data only in memory.
- A transient error happens once and then goes away.
- They made this object transient so it is not saved to disk.
- This value is transient and is lost when you close the app.
- The system has a transient state when it starts.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
transient
IPA
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US/tɹˈænʒənt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
tran - si - ent (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (tran)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: transient
Noun
- Base: transient
- Plural: transients
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Forms
transients
noun
Core family
transience
noun
transiently
adverb
Related words
Negative and opposite forms
permanent
adjective B1
lasting
adjective
Advanced or less common
transiency
noun
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