英语词汇“remnant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	remnant
释义	rem·nant I. \ˈremnənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Middle French, from present participle of remenoir, remanoir to be left, remain — more at remain 1. : a usually small part, member, or trace remaining < her rather sweet expression … was the only remnant of a former prettiness — Osbert Sitwell > < occasional erosion remnants stand above the general land surface — P.G.Worcester > : remainder, rest < more at ease during the remnant of the London season — G.B.Shaw > < the ship came up and the remnant on the boat were saved — B.N.Cardozo > : survivor — often used in plural < the remnants of a camp group that had suffered misfortune — C.D.Forde > < the crumbled remnants of a business section — American Guide Series: Oregon > 2. : an unsold or unused end of piece goods 3. often capitalized : a minority of Israel preserved by God from the calamities visited upon the wicked to become the nucleus of a new and holy community II. adjective Etymology: modification (influenced by remnant) (I) of Middle French remenant, present participle of remenoir to be left : yet left : remaining < always thereafter … would carry in his heart some remnant feeling of disgrace — Bernard DeVoto >
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