relic

• n. 遺跡，遺物；廢墟；紀(jì)念物

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) relique,遺留物，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) reliquiae(-e,復(fù)數(shù))，來(lái)自 relinquere,留下，留給，來(lái) 自 re-,向后，往回，linquere,留下，留給，詞源同 delinquency,relinquish.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

relic

relic: [13] A relic is etymologically something ‘left’ behind. The word comes via Old French relique from Latin reliquiae ‘remains, particularly of a dead saint’. This was a noun use of the feminine plural of reliquus ‘remaining’, an adjective formed with the prefix re- from the base *liq- ‘leave’ (source also of English delinquent [17] – etymologically ‘leaving things undone’ – and relinquish [15], and also of ellipse, lend, and loan).
=> delinquent, ellipse, lend, loan, relinquish

relic (n.)

early 13c., "body part or other object from a holy person," from Old French relique (11c., plural reliques), from Late Latin reliqui? (plural) "remains of a martyr," in classical Latin "remains, remnants," noun use of fem. plural of reliquus "remaining, that which remains," related to relinquere (perfective reliqui) "to leave behind" (see relinquish). Sense of "remains, ruins" is from early 14c. Old English used reliquias, directly from Latin.

1. The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.

這座建筑物是小鎮(zhèn)棉紡業(yè)僅存的遺跡。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.

這石斧是古代的遺物.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. A relic is a historical object and reminder of the past.

relic指歷史遺物、遺跡以及紀(jì)念物品.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.

德國(guó)的收容法是歐洲歷史上一個(gè)已逝去時(shí)期的遺留產(chǎn)物。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.

他把這個(gè)男人看成是過(guò)去時(shí)代的人物。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句