英语词源
- vestigial (adj.)
- 1850, "like a mere trace of what has been," originally in biology, from vestige + -al (1).
权威例句
- 1. vestigial traces of an earlier culture
- 早期文化的遗迹
- 2. The wings of the chicken have become vestigial; it can no longer fly.
- 鸡的翅膀逐渐退化, 不会在空中飞行了.
- 3. Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.
- 在圣诞节演出的哑剧中还能看到这些戏剧残留下来的痕迹。
- 4. One laboratory stock of Drosophila melanogaster has very reduced or vestigial wings.
- 果蝇的一种实验品系,翅膀缩小,称为残翅.
- 5. Wisdom teeth are another vestigial remnant.
- 智齿是另一个残余物.