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relict

/rel-ikt/US // ˈrɛl ɪkt //UK // (ˈrɛlɪkt) //

冲突,遗留问题,遗迹,遗留

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
    • : a remnant or survivor.
    • : a widow.

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Examples

  • She was attired in the black calico riding-skirt and sunbonnet 443 which represented the mourning garb of the mountain relict.

  • We cannot but rejoice that in the present day there exists not the slightest relict of serfdom in any part of the United Kingdom.

  • To whose memory as an instance of her conjugal affection, Mary, his sorrowful relict, caused this monument to be erected.

  • He felt that he could not refuse the unexplained opportunity to pay at least his respects to the relict of his idol.

  • What brought me to consciousness was his fumbling with the buttons at the waist of that blue muslin relict of a sentiment.