单词 | last remnant |
释义 | > as lemmaslast (also sole) remnant c. A sole surviving member of a group, esp. a family. Also last (also sole) remnantNow rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun] > survivor overlivera1425 superviver1523 supervivanta1575 outliver1580 remnant1597 relicts1598 surviver1604 survivor1624 survivoressa1711 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 7 Thou bloudlesse remnant of that royall bloud. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman Ep. Ded. sig. A3 The onely remnant of that family. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals II. 373 The Mother..was the last Remnant of a decay'd Family, who charged its Ruin on the Civil Wars. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 30 One miserable man, the remnant of a wreck. 1861 F. H. Ludlow in Knickerbocker 57 38 I discovered that she was the only remnant of a large family. 2003 R. B. Waddington Aretino's Satyr 156 He was the only remnant of Aretino's inner circle. Marcelino, Brucioli,..and..Sansovino were all dead. < as lemmas |
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