adj .
not staying for a long time ; temporary 오래 머물지 않는 ; 일시적인

• The transient breeze provided some relief from the summer heat, but we were soon perspiring again.
  잠깐 동안의 산들바람이 한여름의 열기를 조금이나마 식혀주었다. 그러나, 금방 또다시 땀이 나기 시작했다.
• The child's smile was transient ; it disappeared as soon as the candy bar was gone.
• A hotel's inhabitants are transient ; they come and go and the population changes every night.
• Transient can also be a noun. A transient person is sometimes called a transient. Hoboes, mendicants, and other homeless people are often called transients.
  transient 는 명사로도 쓰인다. 일시적으로 머무는 사람을 transient 라 부른다. 부랑자나 거지, 그밖에 입이 없는 사람들을 때때로 transient 라 부른다.
• A very similar ward is transitory, which means not lasting very log. A transient breeze might provide transitory relief from the heat. The breeze didn't say very long ; the relief didn't last very long.