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单词 relic
释义
relic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ɪk/us
/ˈrel.ɪk/
anobject,tradition, orsystemfrom the past thatcontinuestoexist:
遗物；遗迹；遗风；遗俗
During thedig, thearchaeologicalteamfoundsome relicsfromthe StoneAge.在发掘过程中，考古队发现了一些石器时代的遗迹。
The country'semploymentsystemis a relicofthe 1960s whenjobswerescarce.这个国家的就业体制是20世纪60年代遗留的产物，那时工作机会非常少。
apartof thebodyor something thatbelongedto aholyperson:
圣骨；圣物；圣徒遗物
Thesebonesare the relicsofa 12th-centurysaint.这些骸骨是一位12世纪圣徒的圣骨。
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Religious objects
(Definition ofrelicfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

relic| American Dictionary

relic
noun[C]
us
/ˈrel·ɪk/
anobjectfrom the past,esp. one that has nomodernuse but is oftenvaluedforitsmeaningorimportanceinhistory:
Theshipwas a relic of the Spanish-American War.
A relic is also apartof thebodyorclothingof asaint(=holyperson), or something thatbelongedto asaint.
(Definition ofrelicfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrelic

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All of this liturgical and musical restructuring occurred in conjunction with a translation of relics, an architectural building site and even a hagiographic ' building site'.
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All the miracles occurred after the translation of the relics.
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They could be relics of either kin-group ancestors or comrades fallen in battle.
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As earlier techniques for the reproduction of kinship came under colonial attacks, the position of relics and body fragments experienced considerable displacements.
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Interchangeable vehicles of gifts and sacred forces varied from charms, witch-substance, relics and shrines, or the body of the ritual specialist him/herself.
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Obviously the reserves offer the possibility of preserving vast landscape relics but it concerns perforce more or less local patterns.
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In dunite pods, relics of olivine are set in ser pentine with some cumulus and intercumulus chromite.
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As such, they are also relics of an earlier age, old supernaturals who were power ful even before the present age began.
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Only then did certain icons emerge as objectives in their own right ; previously the icon seems to have been ancillary to relics at a shrine.
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Such views are relics of seventeenth- and nineteenth-century monisms and idealisms.
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He concludes that 'far from being relics of a barbarous age', fairs were resilient and adaptable with important retail and social functions.
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Founders of convents and monasteries did the same and even led expeditions to steal relics from cemeteries or religious institutions.
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A strong, monochromatic material presence related this new landscape to the surrounding historic, utilitarian relics.
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There is not even a record of where her body was buried, much less any indication that her relics were revered.
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In these processions, parishioners were directed by clergy and headed by a cross, relics and/or a parish banner.
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Collocationswithrelic

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These are words often used in combination withrelic.

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cultural relics
The museum houses a collection of valuable cultural relics.
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historical relic
We shall become a backwater—an historical relic.
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holy relic
Oroe enters, opens the casket, and exclaims upon seeing it that it contains the holy relics of the dead king.
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