relict

英 ['relɪkt] 美 ['relɪkt]

• adj. 残存的
• n. 残遗物；[生]孑遗种；寡妇

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 未亡人的
2. 残存的

n. 名词

1. 残余物
2. 残遗地貌
3. <罕>寡妇
4. 残遗种
5. 【古生】残遗体
6. 【地】残余
7. 遗物
8. 残余体
9. 残块
10. 【生】孓遗种

英英释义

Noun:

1. an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated

2. geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a post-glacial relict species.
   这是一后冰期的孑遗种。

经典引文

• Mollie..was now venerated as Erskine's relict.

  出自： E. Longford

• Another example of relict names is found on Dunsmore Heath.

  出自： H. C. Darby

• Relict populations of..salmon survive in lakes..landlocked for thousands of years.

  出自：Scientific American

词汇搭配

• relict alteration 残余蚀变
• relict sediment 残遗沉积
• relict dike 残余岩脉
• relict permafrost 残遗永久冻土...
• relict mountain 残山
• relict flora 残遗植物区系...
• relict soil 残余土
• relict lake 残余湖,残湖...