- relic (of/from something)
an object, a tradition, a system, etc. that has survived from the past 遺物；遺迹；遺風；遺俗 The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry. 這座建築物是小鎮棉紡業僅存的遺迹。 Videotapes may already seem like relics of a bygone era. 錄像帶似乎已成爲過去時代的遺物。 The pictures on the walls were relics from the days before her marriage. 牆上的畫是她婚前的遺物。 Our transportation system is a relic of the past. 我們的運輸系統是過去的遺迹。
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. 這是舊體制最後的殘餘。 Most of these guns are relics from the Boer War. 這些槍支大部份都是布爾戰爭的遺物。 They believe that hunting is a relic of the past and are calling for it to be banned. 他們認爲狩獵是舊時的遺俗，因而要求予以禁止。 This silver belt buckle is the only relic of the battle that survives. 這個銀質皮帶扣是唯一存留下來的戰爭遺物。 a relic of the time when people hunted their own food 靠自己打獵獲取食物時代的遺俗 a relic of the time when people travelled by horse and carriage 騎馬和坐馬車時代的遺俗 relics of a bygone age 以往年代的遺風
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
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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 聖髑；聖骨；聖人遺物 holy relics 聖人遺物
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2The relics were discovered in a lead box in the ruins of an abbey. 在一所修道院的廢墟中發現了裝在鉛盒裏的聖髑。 The duke secretly removed the relics from the reliquary. 公爵秘密地將聖髑從聖髑盒裏拿了出來。
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’.