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remnant

/rem-nuhnt/US // ˈrɛm nənt //UK // (ˈrɛmnənt) //

残留物,遗留物,残余物,残余

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
    • : a fragment or scrap.
    • : a small, unsold or unused piece of cloth, lace, etc., as at the end of a bolt.
    • : a trace; vestige: remnants of former greatness.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : remaining; leftover.

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Examples

  • The second was a small atmospheric ripple, the remnants of an old thunderstorm complex in the Sonoran Desert.

  • That’s how human DNA has become riddled with remnants of past viral infections.

  • The form factor of the Kegelhelm is directly known from three 8th century tombs in Argos that contained remnants of the helmets.

  • To find remnants of it, researchers explored the seafloor near Antarctica.

  • The city, by circa 1099 AD, was even guarded by the disfranchised remnants of the previous Turkish garrison.

  • My dad had worked for a while as a ranch hand, and his “Open Road” was a remnant of those days.

  • “There is a little remnant of humanity in Tywin Lannister,” he says.

  • Then they install sump pumps to remove remnant toxic waters.

  • And, whereas the townspeople start rioting and attacking the chain-smoking cult the Guilty Remnant, Nora is at peace.

  • Jewish or Christian thinkers would speak of a righteous remnant.

  • The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.

  • A remnant of the long parliament assembled during the anarchy, and has been termed the rump.

  • This imputation on his son was too much for the small remnant of patience that remained to the Duke.

  • When the main French columns were deployed, Lannes, with the remnant of his indomitable corps, had a brief period of rest.

  • Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel who are carried by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.

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