relic

relic

英[ˈrelɪk]美[ˈrelɪk]

n.遗物，遗迹，废墟，纪念物，[古生物]残遗体；

复数：relics;

例句

The heydays of grave robbers and relic thieves are over.盗墓者和文物窃贼的鼎盛时期已经过去了.

He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物.

The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.这座建筑物是小镇棉纺业仅存的遗迹。

They are a relic of the bygone '' faubourg " with its fruit gardens.他们是在过去的遗迹'' ''街与水果花园.

The Archaean and Katarchaean units are preserved mainly as relic masses.太古界与远太古界主要作为残余体保存下来.

Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed...德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。

The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders...这座塔是那些灰暗岁月的遗迹，那时大房子不得不被加固,以抵御侵略者。

英语六级真题

The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics.

Devils Tower is a relic of the past.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

遗物;遗迹;纪念物

If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.

例句

N-COUNT

(有历史价值的)遗物，遗迹，遗址

A relic is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.

例句

N-COUNT

圣物;圣骨

A relic is the body of a saint or something else associated with a saint, which some people regard as holy.

英汉词典释义

n.

遗物, 遗迹, 遗产, 遗风, 遗俗

遗体, 尸骸

圣髑；圣骨；圣人遗物

英英词典释义

Noun

1. an antiquity that has survived from the distant past

2. something of sentimental value