vestige 音标拼音: [v'ɛstɪdʒ]
n . 遗迹,痕迹,残余,丝毫,退化的器官
遗迹,痕迹,残余,丝毫,退化的器官
vestige n 1 :
an indication that something has been present ; "
there wasn '
t a trace of evidence for the claim "; "
a tincture of condescension " [
synonym : {
trace }, {
vestige }, {
tincture },
{
shadow }]
Vestige \
Ves "
tige \,
n . [
F .,
from L .
vestigium footprint ,
trace ,
sign ;
the last part (-
stigium )
is probably akin to E .
sty ,
v .
i .
Cf . {
Investigate }.]
1 .
The mark of the foot left on the earth ;
a track or footstep ;
a trace ;
a sign ;
hence ,
a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost ,
or has perished ,
or is no longer present ;
remains ;
as ,
the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra ;
vestiges of former population .
[
1913 Webster ]
What vestiges of liberty or property have they left ?
--
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of Truth ,
but never usurped her place . --
Landor .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
A small ,
degenerate ,
or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Syn :
Trace ;
mark ;
sign ;
token .
Usage : {
Vestige }, {
Trace }.
These words agree in marking some indications of the past ,
but differ to some extent in their use and application .
Vestige is used chiefly in a figurative sense ,
for the remains of something long passed away ;
as ,
the vestiges of ancient times ;
vestiges of the creation .
A trace is literally something drawn out in a line ,
and may be used in this its primary sense ,
or figuratively ,
to denote a sign or evidence left by something that has passed by ,
or ceased to exist .
Vestige usually supposes some definite object of the past to be left behind ;
while a trace may be a mere indication that something has been present or is present ;
as ,
traces of former population ;
a trace of poison in a given substance .
[
1913 Webster ]
177 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vestige ":
account ,
afterglow ,
afterimage ,
ancient manuscript ,
annals ,
antique ,
antiquity ,
archaism ,
artifact ,
balance ,
boss ,
bump ,
butt ,
butt end ,
candle ends ,
catalog ,
catchword ,
cave painting ,
chaff ,
chronicle ,
clue ,
colophon ,
concavity ,
convexity ,
correspondence ,
cue ,
cue word ,
dactylogram ,
dactylograph ,
dash ,
debris ,
dent ,
detritus ,
dint ,
documentation ,
embossment ,
end ,
eolith ,
evidence ,
excrescence ,
fag end ,
filings ,
fingerprint ,
footmark ,
footprint ,
footstep ,
fossil ,
fossil footprint ,
fragment ,
glimmer ,
hint ,
history ,
holdover ,
hot lead ,
husks ,
ichnite ,
ichnolite ,
impress ,
impression ,
imprint ,
indent ,
indentation ,
indention ,
infusion ,
inkling ,
intimation ,
inventory ,
key ,
key word ,
lead ,
leavings ,
leftovers ,
letters ,
list ,
lump ,
mark ,
memento ,
memorial ,
mezzolith ,
microlith ,
neolith ,
odds and ends ,
offscourings ,
orts ,
pad ,
paleolith ,
parings ,
path ,
paw print ,
pawmark ,
petrification ,
petrified forest ,
petrified wood ,
petroglyph ,
pimple ,
pipe roll ,
plateaulith ,
print ,
pug ,
pugmark ,
rag ,
rags ,
record ,
recording ,
refuse ,
register ,
registry ,
relic ,
relics ,
reliquiae ,
remainder ,
remains ,
remnant ,
residue ,
residuum ,
rest ,
roach ,
roll ,
rolls ,
roster ,
rota ,
rubbish ,
ruin ,
ruins ,
rump ,
sauce ,
sawdust ,
scent ,
scourings ,
scrap ,
scraps ,
scroll ,
seal ,
seasoning ,
shade ,
shadow ,
shavings ,
sigil ,
sign ,
signet ,
smack ,
soupcon ,
spice ,
spoor ,
sprinkling ,
stamp ,
step ,
straw ,
stubble ,
stud ,
stump ,
suggestion ,
survival ,
suspicion ,
sweepings ,
table ,
tag ,
taint ,
taste ,
telltale ,
tempering ,
thought ,
thumbmark ,
thumbprint ,
tinct ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
tint ,
tip -
off ,
token ,
touch ,
trace ,
track ,
tract ,
trail ,
waste ,
whiff
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