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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fu·ga·cious /fjuˈgeʃəs/
 (a.)易逃逸的,難捕捉的,無常的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fu·ga·cious a.
 1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.
    Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase.   --Jer. Taylor.
 2. Biol. Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fugacious
      adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of
            childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient
            beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal";
            "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived,
             transient, transitory]