英語單詞

vestigial是什麽意思

vestigial

英 [ve'stɪdʒɪəl; -dʒ(ə)l] 美 [vɛ'stɪdʒɪəl]
  • adj. 退化的;殘餘的;發育不全的

英文詞源


vestigial (adj.)
1850, "like a mere trace of what has been," originally in biology, from vestige + -al (1).

雙語例句


1. vestigial traces of an earlier culture
早期文化的遺跡

來自《權威詞典》

2. The wings of the chicken have become vestigial; it can no longer fly.
雞的翅膀逐漸退化, 不會在空中飛行了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.
在聖誕節演出的啞劇中還能看到這些戲劇殘留下來的痕跡。

來自辭典例句

4. One laboratory stock of Drosophila melanogaster has very reduced or vestigial wings.
果蠅的一種實驗品係,翅膀縮小,稱為殘翅.

來自辭典例句

5. Wisdom teeth are another vestigial remnant.
智齒是另一個殘餘物.

來自互聯網

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