- relic (of/from something)
an object, a tradition, a system, etc. that has survived from the past 遗物；遗迹；遗风；遗俗 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。 Videotapes may already seem like relics of a bygone era. 录像带似乎已成为过去时代的遗物。 The pictures on the walls were relics from the days before her marriage. 墙上的画是她婚前的遗物。 Our transportation system is a relic of the past. 我们的运输系统是过去的遗迹。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc2He seemed to view her as a quaint relic of the past. 他似乎把她看成别致的老古董。 It was the last relic of the old system. 这是旧体制最后的残余。 Most of these guns are relics from the Boer War. 这些枪支大部份都是布尔战争的遗物。 They believe that hunting is a relic of the past and are calling for it to be banned. 他们认为狩猎是旧时的遗俗，因而要求予以禁止。 This silver belt buckle is the only relic of the battle that survives. 这个银质皮带扣是唯一存留下来的战争遗物。 a relic of the time when people hunted their own food 靠自己打猎获取食物时代的遗俗 a relic of the time when people travelled by horse and carriage 骑马和坐马车时代的遗俗 relics of a bygone age 以往年代的遗风
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- last
- quaint
- …
- discover
- unearth
- preserve
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- survive
- relic from
- a relic of an age
- a relic of a time
- a relic of the past
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a part of the body or clothing of a holy person, or something that they owned, that is kept after their death and respected as a religious object 圣髑；圣骨；圣人遗物 holy relics 圣人遗物
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2The relics were discovered in a lead box in the ruins of an abbey. 在一所修道院的废墟中发现了装在铅盒里的圣髑。 The duke secretly removed the relics from the reliquary. 公爵秘密地将圣髑从圣髑盒里拿了出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- last
- quaint
- …
- discover
- unearth
- preserve
- …
- survive
- relic from
- a relic of an age
- a relic of a time
- a relic of the past
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae feminine plural (used as a noun) of reliquus ‘remaining’, based on linquere ‘to leave’.