relic

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n. 遗物, 遗迹, 纪念物, 遗风, 残留物

发音

其它 /ˈɹɛlɪk/

词形变化

relics 复数 relics reliced relicing relics 三单 relicing 现在分词 relicking 现在分词 reliced 过去式 reliced 过去分词 relicked 过去式 relicked 过去分词

别名

relick relique

教材释义与例句

名词

遗迹，遗物；废墟；纪念物

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

    遗迹

    遗物

    1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 6, p. 184, It appeared, from […] the ruins scattered distantly along its skirts, to be a part of the city entirely abandoned by the modern inhabitants to the reliques of its former grandeur.

  2. 2.

    Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

  3. 3.

    A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

    圣髑

    宗教
  4. 4.

    A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.

    天文
v.
  1. 1.

    To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the Big Bang.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

token souvenir keepsake

上位词 2

object antiquity

下位词 5

favor remains favour love token party favor

相关短语

Relic Sunday Planck relic

词源

From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relict, derelict, and relinquish.

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