| 釋義 |
vestige /'vestidz; 'vestids/ n [C] 1 trace or sign; small remaining bit of evidence of what once existed: 痕跡; 形跡; 遺跡： Not a ~ of the abbey remains. 那修道院的遺跡蕩然無存了。 There is not a ~ of truth in the report. 這項報導沒有一點真實性。 2 (anat) organ, or part of one, which is a survival of sth that once existed: (解剖) 退化器官; 已退化器官的遺跡： A human being has the ~ of a tail. 人類仍壽尾巴的痕跡。 vestigial /ve-'8ti6zis1; ves'tidjisl/ adj remaining as a ~. 尙留有痕跡的; 退化的。 |