名詞 relict:

1. an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated
2. geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

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n.（名詞）
Ecology An organism or a species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
【生態(tài)學(xué)】 子遺種：在經(jīng)過(guò)相當(dāng)程度的變化了的環(huán)境中存活下來(lái)的以前的生物或者物種
Something that has survived; a remnant.
殘遺物：存活下來(lái)的東西；殘余物
A widow.
寡婦
adj.Geology （形容詞）【地質(zhì)學(xué)】
Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.
殘遺的：跟存活下來(lái)的東西，如破壞性過(guò)程之后的結(jié)構(gòu)或礦物有關(guān)的

來(lái)源：
From Middle English relicte [left undisturbed]
源自 中古英語(yǔ) relicte [沒(méi)有受到干擾的]
from Latin relictus [past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind] * see relinquish
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) relictus [] relinquere的過(guò)去分詞 [留在后頭] *參見(jiàn) relinquish
Sense 2, Middle English relicte [widow]
釋義2， 中古英語(yǔ) relicte [寡婦]
from Medieval Latin relicta
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) relicta
from Latin [feminine past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) [] relinquere的陰性過(guò)去分詞 [留在后頭]