remnant
noun /ˈremnənt/
/ˈremnənt/
- [usually plural] a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc.
残余部分；剩余部分 - The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area.
这片树林只是剩下的一部分，原来这一带是一大片森林。 - Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land.
许多传统是大多数人在土地上工作的时代的残余。
- The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.
博物馆是这座 17 世纪宫殿最后残存的遗迹之一。 - Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days.
他们过时的观念是殖民地时代的残余。 - faint remnants of the city's glorious past
这座城市辉煌历史的微弱遗迹 - the tattered remnants of the flag
破旧旗帜残留的布条 - The institution is a remnant from the past.
这个机构是由过去的机构精简而成的。 - The remnants of the huge mirror lay shattered around the floor.
巨大镜子的残留物散落在地板上。 - They ousted the landowners, who were the last remnants of the Roman Empire.
他们驱逐了地主，他们是罗马帝国的最后残余。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- small
- last
- surviving
- …
- remnant from
- a remnant from the past
- a remnant of the past
- The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area.
- a small piece of cloth that is left when the rest has been sold
（织物的）零头，零料；布头
词源Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.