| 单词 | relic |
| 释义 | relic (relɪk ) Word forms: relics 1. countable noun If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present. The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders. ...an old lady in her eighties, always dressed in black - a relic of a past age. [+ of] He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past. Synonyms: remnant, vestige, memento, trace 2. countable noun A relic is something which was made or used a long time ago and which is kept for its historical significance. ...a museum of war relics. ...ancient Egyptian relics. 3. countable noun A relic is the body of a saint or something else associated with a saint, which some people regard as holy. Collocations: religious relic A web search revealed that it was a religious relic. Times, Sunday Times He also banned the trade in dodgy religious relics. The Sun In tonight's show, the first of three, he explains how the search for religious relics sparked the birth of archaeology. Times, Sunday Times Medieval religious relics may seem ludicrous today, yet the reliquaries made to preserve them are among the most beautiful works of art of the age. Times, Sunday Times They took a brassplated steel cross from the roof then returned the next night and nicked irreplaceable religious relics. The Sun The moon eventually cooled and has been preserved as a sacred relic by the local villagers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here they told him to steal the sacred relic and bring it out so that he could swear by it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, if one group of characters leaves a sacred relic somewhere, another character may come and find it on a later day in their own part of the game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But authorities have confirmed a significant proportion of the sacred relics and masterpieces were saved. The Sun But around me, carefully protected, remain a few secret, sacred relics from the past. Times, Sunday Times A 100m exclusion zone has been set up to protect the war relic against damage from fishing nets. Times, Sunday Times Collectors from around the world are expected to bid for the piece of what he calls 'war relic art'. The Sun Originally designed for enormous fuel tanks, the tunnels now house a mass of war relics. The Sun However, people still collect the war relics and sell them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Visitors must bring their own flashlights to view the now-empty cases that once held numerous war relics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 遗迹, 遗物 Japanese: 遺物, 遺物 |
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