relict
英 ['relɪkt] 美 ['relɪkt]

n.

遗物，残遗物；残生物；遗孀；

英英释义

relict[ 'relikt, ri'likt ]

• n.
  • 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
  • geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. This is a post-glacial relict species.
   这是一后冰期的孑遗种。

权威例句

Relict sediments on continental shelves of world.
The origin and evolution of tertiary relict floras
Spectrum of relict gravitational radiation and the early state of the universe
Spectrum of Relict Gravitational Radiation and the Early State of the Universe - JETP Lett. 30, 682 (1979)
The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America: Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes
Ecology of a Pleistocene Relict, the Western Big-Eared Rat (Plecotus townsendii), in the Southern Great Plains
Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Bird Species in a Relict Temperate Forest in Semiarid Chile
Geographical patterns for relict and young species of birds in Africa and South America and implications for conservation priorities
Pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa as a new threat for relict Mediterranean Scots pine forests under climatic w...
Intercontinental Correlation of Geographical Ranges Suggests Stasis in Ecological Traits of Relict Genera of Temperate Perennial Herbs