remnant
remnant 英 [ˈremnənt] 美 [ˈrɛmnənt]
n. 剩余 adj. 剩余的
名词复数:remnants
- A remnant is something that's left over, once the rest is used up. If you plan to sew a shirt using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt.
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- n. 剩余
- adj. 剩余的
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1. The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area.
这片树林只是剩下的一部份，原来这一带是一大片森林。
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2. It matters little where we pass the remnant of our days.
我们在什么地方度过我们的余年已经无关紧要.
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3. She bought a remnant of silk at a bargain.
她廉价购得一块零头丝布.
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4. The remnant of his army went into the interior.
他的残部进入内地.
- remnant (n.) late 14c., contraction of remenant (c. 1300), from Old French remanant "rest, remainder, surplus," noun use of present participle of remanoir "to remain" (see remain (v.)). Specific sense of "end of a piece of drapery, cloth, etc." is recorded from early 15c. An Old English word for "remnant" was endlaf.
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