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a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc. 残余部分；剩余部分 The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area. 这片树林只是剩下的一部分，原来这一带是一大片森林。 Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land. 许多传统是大多数人在土地上工作的时代的残余。
Extra ExamplesThe museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace. 博物馆是这座 17 世纪宫殿最后残存的遗迹之一。 Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days. 他们过时的观念是殖民地时代的残余。 faint remnants of the city's glorious past 这座城市辉煌历史的微弱遗迹 the tattered remnants of the flag 破旧旗帜残留的布条 The institution is a remnant from the past. 这个机构是由过去的机构精简而成的。 The remnants of the huge mirror lay shattered around the floor. 巨大镜子的残留物散落在地板上。 They ousted the landowners, who were the last remnants of the Roman Empire. 他们驱逐了地主，他们是罗马帝国的最后残余。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- last
- surviving
- …
- remnant from
- a remnant from the past
- a remnant of the past
a small piece of cloth that is left when the rest has been sold （织物的）零头，零料；布头
Word OriginMiddle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.