relic
relic 英 [ˈrelɪk] 美 [ˈrɛlɪk]
n. 遗迹，遗物
名词复数:relics
- 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.
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- n. 遗迹，遗物
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1. remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.
小镇棉纺业仅存的遗迹。
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2. holy relics
圣人遗物
- relic (n.) early 13c., "body part or other object from a holy person," from Old French relique (11c., plural reliques), from Late Latin reliquiæ (plural) "remains of a martyr," in classical Latin "remains, remnants," noun use of fem. plural of reliquus "remaining, that which remains," related to relinquere (perfective reliqui) "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, nasalized form of root *leikw- "to leave." Sense of "remains, ruins" is from early 14c. Old English used reliquias, directly from Latin.
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