a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s
Recent Examples on the WebThe Caribou-Palermo, a 56-mile conduit running along the rugged edge of the mountain canyon, was a relic of that era, so old that it was once considered for the National Register of Historic Places. Katherine Blunt, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 The structures are a relic of a past era of prosperity for the small boomtown. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022 Fifteen years later, in July of 2020, Obama spoke at the funeral of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis and labeled the filibuster as a Jim Crow relic that should be eliminated. Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2021 But for me, the main attraction of Marathon was a relic of its eccentric human history: the Old Seven Mile Bridge. Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 The original is very much a relic of the ’80s, but there are lots of possibilities to modernize the story, particularly if Gomez and Peña explore the perspective of Latina women in the workforce. Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2022 The original shack was a relic of the post-World War II food stands that sprouted up throughout the country in the 1940s and required little more than the remnants of wartime aluminum to construct.Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 Email will soon be a relic of the past, sometimes used, but regarded like snail mail as a lesser method. John Kim, Forbes, 19 July 2022 If newspapers-on-newsprint are in decline, then newspapers-delivered-by-kids-on-bikes seem like a relic of the even-more-distant past. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English relik, from Anglo-French relike, from Medieval Latin reliquia, from Late Latin reliquiae, plural, remains of a martyr, from Latin, remains, from relinquere to leave behind — more at relinquish
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIC | RELIC + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤ancient古代遺跡▸➤last最後的殘留◇It was the last relic of the old system.這是舊體制最後的殘餘。➤quaint離奇有趣的幸存者◇He seemed to view her as a quaint relic of the past.他似乎把她看成別致的老古董。➤historic, historical歷史遺跡▸➤precious, priceless珍貴的/無價的遺物▸➤holy, religious, sacred聖髑;宗教遺物VERB + RELIC➤discover, unearth發現/出土聖髑◇The relics were discovered in a lead box in the ruins of an abbey.在一所修道院的廢墟中發現了裝在鉛盒裏的聖髑。➤preserve保存聖髑RELIC + VERB➤survive紀念物幸存下來◇This silver belt buckle is the only relic of the battle that survives.這個銀質皮帶扣是唯一存留下來的戰爭遺物。PREPOSITION➤relic from⋯的遺物◇Most of these guns are relics from the Boer War.這些槍支大部份都是布爾戰爭的遺物。PHRASES➤a relic of an age, a relic of a time某一時代的/某一時期的遺風◇relics of a bygone age以往年代的遺風◇a relic of the time when people hunted their own food靠自己打獵獲取食物時代的遺俗➤a relic of the past過去的遺俗◇They believe that hunting is a relic of the past and are calling for it to be banned.他們認為狩獵是舊時的遺俗,因而要求予以禁止。