单词
vestige
英 ['vest?d?]
美['v?st?d?]
基本信息
- n. 遗迹；残余；退化的器官
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词态变化
复数:?vestiges;
中文词源
vestige 残余部分，遗迹
来自拉丁语vestigium,脚印，足迹，词源同investigate.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. There's not a vestige of truth in the witness's statement.
- 这个证人的证词没有一丝一毫的真实性.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. No vestige of a change appeared.
- 没有一点改变.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work.
- 是辛勤劳动成就了这个国家，而我们就是这一品质硕果仅存的代表。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Tell it quickly, nervously , and without a vestige of self - respect.
- 请告诉我们你的要求.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. A human being has the vestige of a tail.
- 人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹.
来自辞典例句
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