vestigial
英[ve'st?d???l;-d?(?)l]
美[v?'st?d???l]
- adj. 退化的；殘余的；發(fā)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(quán)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(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.
- 在圣誕節(jié)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.
- 果蠅的一種實驗品系,翅膀縮小,稱為殘翅.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Wisdom teeth are another vestigial remnant.
- 智齒是另一個殘余物.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)