relic

n. 遗迹，遗物；废墟；纪念物

中文词源

relic 遗物，遗风，遗迹

来自古法语 relique,遗留物，来自拉丁语 reliquiae(-e,复数)，来自 relinquere,留下，留给，来自 re-,向后，往回，linquere,留下，留给，词源同 delinquency,relinquish.引申诸相关词义。

relic: relic: [13] A relic is etymologically something ‘left’ behind. The word comes via Old French relique from Latin reliquiae ‘remains, particularly of a dead saint’. This was a noun use of the feminine plural of reliquus ‘remaining’, an adjective formed with the prefix re- from the base *liq- ‘leave’ (source also of English delinquent [17] – etymologically ‘leaving things undone’ – and relinquish [15], and also of ellipse, lend, and loan).
=> delinquent, ellipse, lend, loan, relinquish
relic (n.): early 13c., "body part or other object from a holy person," from Old French relique (11c., plural reliques), from Late Latin reliquiæ (plural) "remains of a martyr," in classical Latin "remains, remnants," noun use of fem. plural of reliquus "remaining, that which remains," related to relinquere (perfective reliqui) "to leave behind" (see relinquish). Sense of "remains, ruins" is from early 14c. Old English used reliquias, directly from Latin.

1. relic => relict : 阿姨立刻死.2. relic => 复数：relics (阿姨立刻死) => 阿姨立刻死，留下遗物、遗体。

1. The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry.: 这座建筑物是小镇棉纺业仅存的遗迹。

3. A relic is a historical object and reminder of the past.: relic指历史遗物、遗迹以及纪念物品.

4. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.: 德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。

5. He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.: 他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。