relic

英 [ˈrelɪk]

美 [ˈrelɪk]

n.  遗物; 遗迹; 遗风; 遗俗; 圣髑; 圣骨; 圣人遗物

复数：relics　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7657 / COCA.8394

牛津词典

noun

• 遗物；遗迹；遗风；遗俗
  an object, a tradition, etc. that has survived from a period of time that no longer exists
  1. 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。
• 圣髑；圣骨；圣人遗物
  a part of the body or clothing of a holy person, or sth that they owned, that is kept after their death and respected as a religious object
  1. holy relics
     圣人遗物

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 遗物;遗迹;纪念物
  If you refer to something or someone as arelic ofan earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT (有历史价值的)遗物，遗迹，遗址
  Arelicis something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance.
  1. ...a museum of war relics.
     战争遗迹纪念馆
  2. ...ancient Egyptian relics.
     古埃及遗迹
• 圣物;圣骨
  Arelicis the body of a saint or something else associated with a saint, which some people regard as holy.

英英释义

noun

• something of sentimental value
  Synonym:keepsakesouvenirtoken
• an antiquity that has survived from the distant past

双语例句

• We have already extended to Greece certain types of relic and economic aid, but these are inadequate.
  我们已经给矛希腊一些救济和经济援助，但这远远不够。
• It has already become our country's important immaterial culture relic with its splendid contents and artifice technique.
  它以其丰富的内容和精巧的技艺成为我国重要的非物质文化遗产。
• Local government has planned to declare the house a cultural relic conservation unit to protect it.
  据悉，当地政府正积极争取将此古建筑申报为文物保护单位，加以保护。
• You can still see the last surviving relic of the old palace of westminster.
  你仍能看到威斯敏斯特旧宫的残存遗迹。
• This is a precious historical relic.
  这可是珍贵的历史文物。
• This custom is a relic of ancient times.
  这习俗乃是古代遗风。
• They have already been listed among the World Historical and Cultural Relic Lighthouses.
  它们已经被列入了世界历史文物灯塔的名单。
• 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。
• As a treasured cultural relic, it is collected Shanghai Library.
  目前仅存的孤本今收藏于上海图书馆，是国宝级的文物。
• 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。