relic: [13] A relic is etymologically something ‘left’ behind. The word comes via Old French relique from Latin reliquiae ‘remains, particularly of a dead saint’. This was a noun use of the feminine plural of reliquus ‘remaining’, an adjective formed with the prefix re- from the base *liq- ‘leave’ (source also of English delinquent [17] – etymologically ‘leaving things undone’ – and relinquish [15], and also of ellipse, lend, and loan). => delinquent, ellipse, lend, loan, relinquish
relic (n.)
early 13c., "body part or other object from a holy person," from Old French relique (11c., plural reliques), from Late Latin reliqui? (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) "to leave behind" (see relinquish). Sense of "remains, ruins" is from early 14c. Old English used reliquias, directly from Latin.
雙語例句
1. The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.
這座建筑物是小鎮棉紡業僅存的遺跡。
來自《權威詞典》
2. This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.
這石斧是古代的遺物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A relic is a historical object and reminder of the past.
relic指歷史遺物、遺跡以及紀念物品.
來自互聯網
4. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.
德國的收容法是歐洲歷史上一個已逝去時期的遺留產物。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.