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

• It is said that an ancient city relic was discovered at the bottom of that lake.
  据说在那个湖底发现了一个古城的遗骸。
• 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。
• The cultural relic discovered lately dates from the Ming Dynasty.
  最近发现的文物属于明朝。
• 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。
• 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。
• First, the old city is a complete and artistic relic that follows the rules and systems of ancient China.
  第一，旧城沿用了中国古代的建筑规则和系统，是一个非常完整的艺术古迹。
• 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 custom is a relic of ancient times.
  这习俗乃是古代遗风。
• 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。
• The relic belongs to me now.
  圣骨现在属于我了。