| 英语单词 | relic |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['relɪk] 美 ['relɪk] |
| 中文释义 | n.神圣的遗物;遗迹;纪念物 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This stone axe is a relic of ancient times. (2) Gold is still a barbaric relic whose value rises only when inflation is high. (3) The calorie is a historical relic. (4) This ruined bridge is a relic of the Korean War in1950. (5) Julie saw the means offered of carrying off her precious relic, which Monte Cristo had forgotten. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这把石斧是古代的遗物。 (2) 黄金仍然只是未开化时代的遗物,其价值只在通涨高企时才会上升。 (3) 卡是历史的遗迹。 (4) 那个被毁的桥是朝鲜战争的纪念物。 (5) 尤莉看到基督山不留意那只钱袋,她可以带走她那宝贵的纪念物了,便拉她的丈夫到门口。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A relic is a fragment from the past — one of Elvis's guitars, an ancient piece of pottery or even an outmoded way of thinking -– that remains behind. Your dad might love his old albums, but to you, they're just relics. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The noun relic is derived from relinquere, Latin for "to leave behind." A crumbling Roman wall is a relic of a once-great civilization. The superstition that seven years of bad luck will follow if you break a mirror may be a relic of the old superstition that a mirror can trap the souls of those reflected in it. Whether it's an object or an idea, a relic is a remnant of the past. Religious relics are items, such as Buddha’s tooth or St. Anne’s wrist bone, that have been preserved and venerated. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [usu N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [usu with supp]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. |
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