vestige
英 ['vest?d?]
美['v?st?d?]
- n. 遺跡；殘余；退化的器官
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?vestiges;
中文詞源
vestige 殘余部分，遺跡
來自拉丁語vestigium,腳印，足跡，詞源同investigate.
英文詞源
- vestige
- vestige: [17] Vestige comes via French vestige from Latin vestīgium ‘footprint, trace’, a word of uncertain origin. From it was derived vestīgāre ‘track, trace’, which has given English investigate.
=> investigate - vestige (n.)
- c. 1600, from French vestige "a mark, trace, sign" (16c.), from Latin vestigium "footprint, trace," of unknown origin.
雙語例句
- 1. There's not a vestige of truth in the witness's statement.
- 這個證人的證詞沒有一絲一毫的真實性.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. No vestige of a change appeared.
- 沒有一點改變.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work.
- 是辛勤勞動成就了這個國家，而我們就是這一品質碩果僅存的代表。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Tell it quickly, nervously , and without a vestige of self - respect.
- 請告訴我們你的要求.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. A human being has the vestige of a tail.
- 人類仍有尾巴退化的痕跡.
來自辭典例句