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relics

/rel-ik/US // ˈrɛl ɪk //UK // (ˈrɛlɪk) //

遗物,遗迹,文物,遗留物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • 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.