relics 的定义
- a surviving memorial of something past.
- an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics.
- a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism.
- relics, remaining parts or fragments.the remains of a deceased person.
- something kept in remembrance; souvenir; memento.
- Ecclesiastical. the body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration.
- a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete.
relics 近义词
something saved from the past
更多relics例句
- Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
- Their captors wore palm leaves, leopard skins, and magical relics to make themselves immune to bullets.
- Relics, paintings, ancient texts, and other links to our past that were lost suddenly resurface in hard to explain places.
- Tucked away antique shops are piled floor-to-ceiling with dusty relics.
- Bedos cradled them in his enormous hands as if they were precious relics.
- So we placed some of these holy relics upon the sick man, at the same time offering our vows for him, and then he improved.
- I believe they expected to receive a large sum from these relics: how grievously they were disappointed I need not tell.
- Life has few direr disenchanters than the morning smells of obsolete tobacco, relics though they be of hesternal beatitude.
- The strangest materials were used in their construction; the public taste leaning towards relics possessing historical interest.
- The old lady could not be persuaded to let these relics leave her keeping, but she willingly made extracts from them.