Definition of remnant in English:

remnant

noun ˈrɛmnəntˈrɛmnənt

1A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed.
残余，剩余物
the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape
沼泽地是原始地貌的濒于灭绝的残余。
Example sentencesExamples
- Nine hundred years later, the remnant of their empire is a small, weary nation, divided between two countries, with a bad reputation due west, and a genetic legacy like no other, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea.
- It happened in front of the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple.
- Bottomland hardwood forests and remnants of swamp forests can be found near the flood control reservoirs.
- She wiped away the last remnants of her tears.
- Nearby is the Bosco di Mesola, the only remnant of the woodland which once covered most of the delta area: here Italy's last surviving native population of red deer took refuge, protected by the malarial swamps all around.
- The remnants of the French armies were able to retreat to the frontier but Spain was lost.
- Jewish people who are aware of this history know that if they lose control over Jerusalem, they will inevitably lose access to the only remnant of their Holy Temple.
- The insurgents represent the remnants of a regime of torture and repression.
- Last night, the remnants of the terrorist army were fleeing under heavy American bombing.
- We will find them and we will defeat these remnants of the former regime.
- Less than one percent remains in scattered rainforest remnants.
- Now, less than one percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares.
- The coalfield represents an erosional remnant of the South Wales coal basin preserved within the Variscan fold belt.
- A remnant of the old army is supporting and perhaps leading the current chaos.
- To one side, the tattered remnants of spacesuits collected dust on old shelves.
- There has also been a concerted effort to preserve the remnants of the World Trade Centre.
- Water dripped from the ceiling, and in one corner we found burnt remnants of clothing.
- I will not let him destroy the last remnants of our family.
- Now scientists have plans to save its remnants from the rising tide of development.
- The discovery suggests that many other fossil bones may contain well-preserved remnants of bone marrow, the scientists say.
Synonyms
remains, remainder, leftovers, leavings, residue, rest
stub, butt, end, tail end
dregs, lees
technical residuum
1. 1.1 A piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold.
  残余，剩余物
  he sat sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants
  Example sentencesExamples
  The warehouse is a treasure trove of inexpensive art supplies, including fabric remnants, wallpaper samples, tiles, and picture frames.
  Add some batting, wadding or any padding that you can find then cover this with a fabric remnant before hot gluing cones, fruits or any other harvest decorations and a large bow to the wreath.
  Other quick-change options include crocheted doilies, printed tea towels, monogrammed napkins, or hemmed fabric remnants.
  You can even make your own by using two foot high section of a four by four, two foot by two foot piece of heavy plywood and a carpet remnant.
  If you're using corduroy remnants, cut the strips across the fabric grain with the cords running perpendicular to the strip length.
  Instead, I'll probably just cut a hunk of carpet remnant to fit the small area of exposed bed.
  A species of knitted golem stretched out on the floor, it extracts sense memories of his childhood home from the Urals folk custom of making carpets out of fabric remnants.
  She lost her balance and fell headfirst onto a 1-cm thick piece of plush carpet remnant covering the concrete floor.
  Since dealers tend to sell remnants at a discount, it's well worth the extra effort.
  Check your fabric stash, or purchase remnants that can be cut and used for patches.
  To complete the holiday look use fabric remnants to make holiday table runners or simply wrap your table in holiday paper.
  Willie made me beautiful dresses, even if she used leftover pieces and remnants.
  Synonyms
  scrap, piece, bit, fragment, shred, offcut, oddment
2. 1.2 A surviving trace.
  残迹
  a remnant of the past
  昔日的遗迹。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The last remnant of outside light was now fading into the driving wind and snow.
  Above the violence and social injustice rises a battle to survive and maintain a remnant of integrity.
  Margaret's was the last royal birth which needed to be witnessed by a government minister, a remnant of the days when changelings were smuggled in on warming pans.
  They are working fast to stop an industrial estate from destroying remnants of the war.
  With so many remnants of colonial policies surviving in India, what could have been just a curious insight thus becomes sadly relevant.
  I stared frantically up into his face, searching his eyes for any remnant of normality.
  As much as the concept of community had developed, humans still had a capacity for wanting the best for themselves, the remnant of survival instincts.
  One of the men was the perfect Westernised gentleman: a suit, a hat and a walking stick by his side - a remnant of the Raj.
  Wolves do not need orders, some remnant of her tribal pride growled.
  This U.S. military support, a remnant of America's Cold War containment policy, prevents China from using force to end the impasse.
  Nothing is as it once was, and the survivors cling to remnants from their past.
  Some small remnant of the fever must have clung to her, for she tossed and turned for hours before giving in to a light and unrefreshing sleep.
  For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems.
  Everywhere he looked twisted beams loomed up out of the sand like monoliths, the only remnant of a destroyed civilization.
  As a textually bound remnant of the past, he is already determined, ‘enslaved’ in Browning's metaphor, by the documentary record into which he has been interpolated.
  She had come to forget that she had it most of the time, just another remnant of the childhood she couldn't remember.
  Outside of this relatively unchanged remnant of the old way of life, Algerian cities are a mix of Western influence and Arabic tradition.
  The giant global corporations of today are but an unfortunate remnant of this past era.
  Now whether it's a vestigial remnant of a day past is something that I question very much.
  Scattered remnants of the hawkers' presence littered the darkened scene.
2Christian Theology
A small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel)
〔基督教神学〕（指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的）余剩民（典出圣经中有关以色列的预言）
if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant
Example sentencesExamples
- The concept of a remnant emerges - a faithful minority whose response to God is sincere and who thereby single themselves out as the bearers of a unique commission to the rest of the nation.

adjective ˈrɛmnəntˈrɛmnənt

attributive Remaining.
残余的，剩余的
remnant strands of hair
仅剩的几缕头发。
Example sentencesExamples
- However despite everyone's best efforts, all our forest and remnant vegetation was wiped out.
- Remnant patches were very similar in structure, tree composition, and mean diameter.
- The first part of the track is a zigzag through remnant native forest.
- In low-income countries with small remnant forest areas, for instance the Ivory Coast, population growth appears to increase the rate of deforestation.
- The maneuverability of Opportunity is a factor as well, because remnant boulders from the impact may litter the rim.
- The English aristocrat recognised the historical importance of remnant business houses and early pearling masters' homes, and set about restoring some of Broome's architectural origins.
- Conservation of remnant scrub vegetation is a matter of state and national concern.
- Keeping the sea on the left, the road passes through acres of paddy fields, interspersed with areca gardens and the odd patch of remnant rain forest.
- But the stories of this remnant student activism almost inevitably leave out an enormous upsurge in pro-Israel activities on these same campuses.
- Provision of geographic links between existing areas of remnant vegetation potentially facilitating gene flow and dispersal among populations of species that have become ecological islands due to clearing.
- They also found remnant ingots from the 1951/52 salvage operation.
- Here, we report on the genetic composition of red oaks in remnant old-growth forest in Indiana.
- The other problem from which these remnant patches suffer, he says, are invasions by weeds and introduced plants from developed adjacent land.
- By the mid 1950s - 60s, the UK's once-thriving population had been reduced to remnant populations in the south west of England, East Anglia, parts of Wales and Scotland.
- The ghost presence of the boiler hail can be inferred from the thickness of low remnant perimeter walls and the scarified twelve metre high wall to the turbine room, which is now the entry elevation.
- There is still a major issue in terms of managing all of the remnant vegetation.
- The frogs occupy a 16-ha stand of remnant native forest on Maud Island.
- By 1900, only 1,000 to 2,000 animals remained, scattered in remnant populations.
- For example agricultural land where the native vegetation has been largely cleared through broadscale clearing, and we're left with remnant patches or islands of native vegetation and biodiversity.
- The new label permits the product's use in the European Union for the ablation of remnant thyroid tissue, a procedure that patients commonly undergo when being treated for thyroid cancer.

Origin

Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir 'remain'.

Definition of remnant in US English:

remnant

nounˈrɛmnəntˈremnənt

1A small remaining quantity of something.
Example sentencesExamples
- Water dripped from the ceiling, and in one corner we found burnt remnants of clothing.
- Bottomland hardwood forests and remnants of swamp forests can be found near the flood control reservoirs.
- A remnant of the old army is supporting and perhaps leading the current chaos.
- Last night, the remnants of the terrorist army were fleeing under heavy American bombing.
- Now, less than one percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares.
- We will find them and we will defeat these remnants of the former regime.
- The insurgents represent the remnants of a regime of torture and repression.
- Jewish people who are aware of this history know that if they lose control over Jerusalem, they will inevitably lose access to the only remnant of their Holy Temple.
- I will not let him destroy the last remnants of our family.
- The discovery suggests that many other fossil bones may contain well-preserved remnants of bone marrow, the scientists say.
- To one side, the tattered remnants of spacesuits collected dust on old shelves.
- There has also been a concerted effort to preserve the remnants of the World Trade Centre.
- Nine hundred years later, the remnant of their empire is a small, weary nation, divided between two countries, with a bad reputation due west, and a genetic legacy like no other, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea.
- Now scientists have plans to save its remnants from the rising tide of development.
- Less than one percent remains in scattered rainforest remnants.
- The coalfield represents an erosional remnant of the South Wales coal basin preserved within the Variscan fold belt.
- She wiped away the last remnants of her tears.
- The remnants of the French armies were able to retreat to the frontier but Spain was lost.
- Nearby is the Bosco di Mesola, the only remnant of the woodland which once covered most of the delta area: here Italy's last surviving native population of red deer took refuge, protected by the malarial swamps all around.
- It happened in front of the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple.
Synonyms
remains, remainder, leftovers, leavings, residue, rest
1. 1.1 A piece of cloth or carpeting left when the greater part has been used or sold.
  零料，零头布
  Example sentencesExamples
  Instead, I'll probably just cut a hunk of carpet remnant to fit the small area of exposed bed.
  Willie made me beautiful dresses, even if she used leftover pieces and remnants.
  Other quick-change options include crocheted doilies, printed tea towels, monogrammed napkins, or hemmed fabric remnants.
  Since dealers tend to sell remnants at a discount, it's well worth the extra effort.
  The warehouse is a treasure trove of inexpensive art supplies, including fabric remnants, wallpaper samples, tiles, and picture frames.
  Add some batting, wadding or any padding that you can find then cover this with a fabric remnant before hot gluing cones, fruits or any other harvest decorations and a large bow to the wreath.
  To complete the holiday look use fabric remnants to make holiday table runners or simply wrap your table in holiday paper.
  Check your fabric stash, or purchase remnants that can be cut and used for patches.
  If you're using corduroy remnants, cut the strips across the fabric grain with the cords running perpendicular to the strip length.
  You can even make your own by using two foot high section of a four by four, two foot by two foot piece of heavy plywood and a carpet remnant.
  She lost her balance and fell headfirst onto a 1-cm thick piece of plush carpet remnant covering the concrete floor.
  A species of knitted golem stretched out on the floor, it extracts sense memories of his childhood home from the Urals folk custom of making carpets out of fabric remnants.
  Synonyms
  scrap, piece, bit, fragment, shred, offcut, oddment
2. 1.2 A surviving trace.
  残迹
  a remnant of the past
  昔日的遗迹。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wolves do not need orders, some remnant of her tribal pride growled.
  Some small remnant of the fever must have clung to her, for she tossed and turned for hours before giving in to a light and unrefreshing sleep.
  Outside of this relatively unchanged remnant of the old way of life, Algerian cities are a mix of Western influence and Arabic tradition.
  She had come to forget that she had it most of the time, just another remnant of the childhood she couldn't remember.
  As much as the concept of community had developed, humans still had a capacity for wanting the best for themselves, the remnant of survival instincts.
  I stared frantically up into his face, searching his eyes for any remnant of normality.
  For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems.
  Margaret's was the last royal birth which needed to be witnessed by a government minister, a remnant of the days when changelings were smuggled in on warming pans.
  The giant global corporations of today are but an unfortunate remnant of this past era.
  With so many remnants of colonial policies surviving in India, what could have been just a curious insight thus becomes sadly relevant.
  Above the violence and social injustice rises a battle to survive and maintain a remnant of integrity.
  Scattered remnants of the hawkers' presence littered the darkened scene.
  This U.S. military support, a remnant of America's Cold War containment policy, prevents China from using force to end the impasse.
  Now whether it's a vestigial remnant of a day past is something that I question very much.
  Nothing is as it once was, and the survivors cling to remnants from their past.
  As a textually bound remnant of the past, he is already determined, ‘enslaved’ in Browning's metaphor, by the documentary record into which he has been interpolated.
  Everywhere he looked twisted beams loomed up out of the sand like monoliths, the only remnant of a destroyed civilization.
  One of the men was the perfect Westernised gentleman: a suit, a hat and a walking stick by his side - a remnant of the Raj.
  The last remnant of outside light was now fading into the driving wind and snow.
  They are working fast to stop an industrial estate from destroying remnants of the war.
3. 1.3Christian Theology A small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel).
  〔基督教神学〕（指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的）余剩民（典出圣经中有关以色列的预言）
  Example sentencesExamples
  The concept of a remnant emerges - a faithful minority whose response to God is sincere and who thereby single themselves out as the bearers of a unique commission to the rest of the nation.

adjectiveˈrɛmnəntˈremnənt

attributive Remaining.
残余的，剩余的
remnant strands of hair
仅剩的几缕头发。
Example sentencesExamples
- In low-income countries with small remnant forest areas, for instance the Ivory Coast, population growth appears to increase the rate of deforestation.
- Provision of geographic links between existing areas of remnant vegetation potentially facilitating gene flow and dispersal among populations of species that have become ecological islands due to clearing.
- But the stories of this remnant student activism almost inevitably leave out an enormous upsurge in pro-Israel activities on these same campuses.
- Here, we report on the genetic composition of red oaks in remnant old-growth forest in Indiana.
- The new label permits the product's use in the European Union for the ablation of remnant thyroid tissue, a procedure that patients commonly undergo when being treated for thyroid cancer.
- The first part of the track is a zigzag through remnant native forest.
- The English aristocrat recognised the historical importance of remnant business houses and early pearling masters' homes, and set about restoring some of Broome's architectural origins.
- By 1900, only 1,000 to 2,000 animals remained, scattered in remnant populations.
- The frogs occupy a 16-ha stand of remnant native forest on Maud Island.
- However despite everyone's best efforts, all our forest and remnant vegetation was wiped out.
- They also found remnant ingots from the 1951/52 salvage operation.
- Remnant patches were very similar in structure, tree composition, and mean diameter.
- By the mid 1950s - 60s, the UK's once-thriving population had been reduced to remnant populations in the south west of England, East Anglia, parts of Wales and Scotland.
- There is still a major issue in terms of managing all of the remnant vegetation.
- The maneuverability of Opportunity is a factor as well, because remnant boulders from the impact may litter the rim.
- For example agricultural land where the native vegetation has been largely cleared through broadscale clearing, and we're left with remnant patches or islands of native vegetation and biodiversity.
- Keeping the sea on the left, the road passes through acres of paddy fields, interspersed with areca gardens and the odd patch of remnant rain forest.
- The other problem from which these remnant patches suffer, he says, are invasions by weeds and introduced plants from developed adjacent land.
- The ghost presence of the boiler hail can be inferred from the thickness of low remnant perimeter walls and the scarified twelve metre high wall to the turbine room, which is now the entry elevation.
- Conservation of remnant scrub vegetation is a matter of state and national concern.

Origin

Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.

单词	remnant
释义	Definition of remnant in English: remnant noun ˈrɛmnəntˈrɛmnənt 1A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed. 残余，剩余物 the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape 沼泽地是原始地貌的濒于灭绝的残余。 Example sentencesExamples Nine hundred years later, the remnant of their empire is a small, weary nation, divided between two countries, with a bad reputation due west, and a genetic legacy like no other, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea. It happened in front of the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple. Bottomland hardwood forests and remnants of swamp forests can be found near the flood control reservoirs. She wiped away the last remnants of her tears. Nearby is the Bosco di Mesola, the only remnant of the woodland which once covered most of the delta area: here Italy's last surviving native population of red deer took refuge, protected by the malarial swamps all around. The remnants of the French armies were able to retreat to the frontier but Spain was lost. Jewish people who are aware of this history know that if they lose control over Jerusalem, they will inevitably lose access to the only remnant of their Holy Temple. The insurgents represent the remnants of a regime of torture and repression. Last night, the remnants of the terrorist army were fleeing under heavy American bombing. We will find them and we will defeat these remnants of the former regime. Less than one percent remains in scattered rainforest remnants. Now, less than one percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares. The coalfield represents an erosional remnant of the South Wales coal basin preserved within the Variscan fold belt. A remnant of the old army is supporting and perhaps leading the current chaos. To one side, the tattered remnants of spacesuits collected dust on old shelves. There has also been a concerted effort to preserve the remnants of the World Trade Centre. Water dripped from the ceiling, and in one corner we found burnt remnants of clothing. I will not let him destroy the last remnants of our family. Now scientists have plans to save its remnants from the rising tide of development. The discovery suggests that many other fossil bones may contain well-preserved remnants of bone marrow, the scientists say. Synonyms remains, remainder, leftovers, leavings, residue, rest stub, butt, end, tail end dregs, lees technical residuum 1.1 A piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold. 残余，剩余物 he sat sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants Example sentencesExamples The warehouse is a treasure trove of inexpensive art supplies, including fabric remnants, wallpaper samples, tiles, and picture frames. Add some batting, wadding or any padding that you can find then cover this with a fabric remnant before hot gluing cones, fruits or any other harvest decorations and a large bow to the wreath. Other quick-change options include crocheted doilies, printed tea towels, monogrammed napkins, or hemmed fabric remnants. You can even make your own by using two foot high section of a four by four, two foot by two foot piece of heavy plywood and a carpet remnant. If you're using corduroy remnants, cut the strips across the fabric grain with the cords running perpendicular to the strip length. Instead, I'll probably just cut a hunk of carpet remnant to fit the small area of exposed bed. A species of knitted golem stretched out on the floor, it extracts sense memories of his childhood home from the Urals folk custom of making carpets out of fabric remnants. She lost her balance and fell headfirst onto a 1-cm thick piece of plush carpet remnant covering the concrete floor. Since dealers tend to sell remnants at a discount, it's well worth the extra effort. Check your fabric stash, or purchase remnants that can be cut and used for patches. To complete the holiday look use fabric remnants to make holiday table runners or simply wrap your table in holiday paper. Willie made me beautiful dresses, even if she used leftover pieces and remnants. Synonyms scrap, piece, bit, fragment, shred, offcut, oddment 1.2 A surviving trace. 残迹 a remnant of the past 昔日的遗迹。 Example sentencesExamples The last remnant of outside light was now fading into the driving wind and snow. Above the violence and social injustice rises a battle to survive and maintain a remnant of integrity. Margaret's was the last royal birth which needed to be witnessed by a government minister, a remnant of the days when changelings were smuggled in on warming pans. They are working fast to stop an industrial estate from destroying remnants of the war. With so many remnants of colonial policies surviving in India, what could have been just a curious insight thus becomes sadly relevant. I stared frantically up into his face, searching his eyes for any remnant of normality. As much as the concept of community had developed, humans still had a capacity for wanting the best for themselves, the remnant of survival instincts. One of the men was the perfect Westernised gentleman: a suit, a hat and a walking stick by his side - a remnant of the Raj. Wolves do not need orders, some remnant of her tribal pride growled. This U.S. military support, a remnant of America's Cold War containment policy, prevents China from using force to end the impasse. Nothing is as it once was, and the survivors cling to remnants from their past. Some small remnant of the fever must have clung to her, for she tossed and turned for hours before giving in to a light and unrefreshing sleep. For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems. Everywhere he looked twisted beams loomed up out of the sand like monoliths, the only remnant of a destroyed civilization. As a textually bound remnant of the past, he is already determined, ‘enslaved’ in Browning's metaphor, by the documentary record into which he has been interpolated. She had come to forget that she had it most of the time, just another remnant of the childhood she couldn't remember. Outside of this relatively unchanged remnant of the old way of life, Algerian cities are a mix of Western influence and Arabic tradition. The giant global corporations of today are but an unfortunate remnant of this past era. Now whether it's a vestigial remnant of a day past is something that I question very much. Scattered remnants of the hawkers' presence littered the darkened scene. 2Christian Theology A small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel) 〔基督教神学〕（指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的）余剩民（典出圣经中有关以色列的预言） if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant Example sentencesExamples The concept of a remnant emerges - a faithful minority whose response to God is sincere and who thereby single themselves out as the bearers of a unique commission to the rest of the nation. adjective ˈrɛmnəntˈrɛmnənt attributive Remaining. 残余的，剩余的 remnant strands of hair 仅剩的几缕头发。 Example sentencesExamples However despite everyone's best efforts, all our forest and remnant vegetation was wiped out. Remnant patches were very similar in structure, tree composition, and mean diameter. The first part of the track is a zigzag through remnant native forest. In low-income countries with small remnant forest areas, for instance the Ivory Coast, population growth appears to increase the rate of deforestation. The maneuverability of Opportunity is a factor as well, because remnant boulders from the impact may litter the rim. The English aristocrat recognised the historical importance of remnant business houses and early pearling masters' homes, and set about restoring some of Broome's architectural origins. Conservation of remnant scrub vegetation is a matter of state and national concern. Keeping the sea on the left, the road passes through acres of paddy fields, interspersed with areca gardens and the odd patch of remnant rain forest. But the stories of this remnant student activism almost inevitably leave out an enormous upsurge in pro-Israel activities on these same campuses. Provision of geographic links between existing areas of remnant vegetation potentially facilitating gene flow and dispersal among populations of species that have become ecological islands due to clearing. They also found remnant ingots from the 1951/52 salvage operation. Here, we report on the genetic composition of red oaks in remnant old-growth forest in Indiana. The other problem from which these remnant patches suffer, he says, are invasions by weeds and introduced plants from developed adjacent land. By the mid 1950s - 60s, the UK's once-thriving population had been reduced to remnant populations in the south west of England, East Anglia, parts of Wales and Scotland. The ghost presence of the boiler hail can be inferred from the thickness of low remnant perimeter walls and the scarified twelve metre high wall to the turbine room, which is now the entry elevation. There is still a major issue in terms of managing all of the remnant vegetation. The frogs occupy a 16-ha stand of remnant native forest on Maud Island. By 1900, only 1,000 to 2,000 animals remained, scattered in remnant populations. For example agricultural land where the native vegetation has been largely cleared through broadscale clearing, and we're left with remnant patches or islands of native vegetation and biodiversity. The new label permits the product's use in the European Union for the ablation of remnant thyroid tissue, a procedure that patients commonly undergo when being treated for thyroid cancer. Origin Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir 'remain'. Definition of remnant in US English: remnant nounˈrɛmnəntˈremnənt 1A small remaining quantity of something. Example sentencesExamples Water dripped from the ceiling, and in one corner we found burnt remnants of clothing. Bottomland hardwood forests and remnants of swamp forests can be found near the flood control reservoirs. A remnant of the old army is supporting and perhaps leading the current chaos. Last night, the remnants of the terrorist army were fleeing under heavy American bombing. Now, less than one percent remains as fragmented remnants scattered across 75,000 hectares. We will find them and we will defeat these remnants of the former regime. The insurgents represent the remnants of a regime of torture and repression. Jewish people who are aware of this history know that if they lose control over Jerusalem, they will inevitably lose access to the only remnant of their Holy Temple. I will not let him destroy the last remnants of our family. The discovery suggests that many other fossil bones may contain well-preserved remnants of bone marrow, the scientists say. To one side, the tattered remnants of spacesuits collected dust on old shelves. There has also been a concerted effort to preserve the remnants of the World Trade Centre. Nine hundred years later, the remnant of their empire is a small, weary nation, divided between two countries, with a bad reputation due west, and a genetic legacy like no other, stretching from the Pacific to the Caspian Sea. Now scientists have plans to save its remnants from the rising tide of development. Less than one percent remains in scattered rainforest remnants. The coalfield represents an erosional remnant of the South Wales coal basin preserved within the Variscan fold belt. She wiped away the last remnants of her tears. The remnants of the French armies were able to retreat to the frontier but Spain was lost. Nearby is the Bosco di Mesola, the only remnant of the woodland which once covered most of the delta area: here Italy's last surviving native population of red deer took refuge, protected by the malarial swamps all around. It happened in front of the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple. Synonyms remains, remainder, leftovers, leavings, residue, rest 1.1 A piece of cloth or carpeting left when the greater part has been used or sold. 零料，零头布 Example sentencesExamples Instead, I'll probably just cut a hunk of carpet remnant to fit the small area of exposed bed. Willie made me beautiful dresses, even if she used leftover pieces and remnants. Other quick-change options include crocheted doilies, printed tea towels, monogrammed napkins, or hemmed fabric remnants. Since dealers tend to sell remnants at a discount, it's well worth the extra effort. The warehouse is a treasure trove of inexpensive art supplies, including fabric remnants, wallpaper samples, tiles, and picture frames. Add some batting, wadding or any padding that you can find then cover this with a fabric remnant before hot gluing cones, fruits or any other harvest decorations and a large bow to the wreath. To complete the holiday look use fabric remnants to make holiday table runners or simply wrap your table in holiday paper. Check your fabric stash, or purchase remnants that can be cut and used for patches. If you're using corduroy remnants, cut the strips across the fabric grain with the cords running perpendicular to the strip length. You can even make your own by using two foot high section of a four by four, two foot by two foot piece of heavy plywood and a carpet remnant. She lost her balance and fell headfirst onto a 1-cm thick piece of plush carpet remnant covering the concrete floor. A species of knitted golem stretched out on the floor, it extracts sense memories of his childhood home from the Urals folk custom of making carpets out of fabric remnants. Synonyms scrap, piece, bit, fragment, shred, offcut, oddment 1.2 A surviving trace. 残迹 a remnant of the past 昔日的遗迹。 Example sentencesExamples Wolves do not need orders, some remnant of her tribal pride growled. Some small remnant of the fever must have clung to her, for she tossed and turned for hours before giving in to a light and unrefreshing sleep. Outside of this relatively unchanged remnant of the old way of life, Algerian cities are a mix of Western influence and Arabic tradition. She had come to forget that she had it most of the time, just another remnant of the childhood she couldn't remember. As much as the concept of community had developed, humans still had a capacity for wanting the best for themselves, the remnant of survival instincts. I stared frantically up into his face, searching his eyes for any remnant of normality. For folklorists generally, folk beliefs and practices were regarded as the fragmentary and often obscure remnants of older systems. Margaret's was the last royal birth which needed to be witnessed by a government minister, a remnant of the days when changelings were smuggled in on warming pans. The giant global corporations of today are but an unfortunate remnant of this past era. With so many remnants of colonial policies surviving in India, what could have been just a curious insight thus becomes sadly relevant. Above the violence and social injustice rises a battle to survive and maintain a remnant of integrity. Scattered remnants of the hawkers' presence littered the darkened scene. This U.S. military support, a remnant of America's Cold War containment policy, prevents China from using force to end the impasse. Now whether it's a vestigial remnant of a day past is something that I question very much. Nothing is as it once was, and the survivors cling to remnants from their past. As a textually bound remnant of the past, he is already determined, ‘enslaved’ in Browning's metaphor, by the documentary record into which he has been interpolated. Everywhere he looked twisted beams loomed up out of the sand like monoliths, the only remnant of a destroyed civilization. One of the men was the perfect Westernised gentleman: a suit, a hat and a walking stick by his side - a remnant of the Raj. The last remnant of outside light was now fading into the driving wind and snow. They are working fast to stop an industrial estate from destroying remnants of the war. 1.3Christian Theology A small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel). 〔基督教神学〕（指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的）余剩民（典出圣经中有关以色列的预言） Example sentencesExamples The concept of a remnant emerges - a faithful minority whose response to God is sincere and who thereby single themselves out as the bearers of a unique commission to the rest of the nation. adjectiveˈrɛmnəntˈremnənt attributive Remaining. 残余的，剩余的 remnant strands of hair 仅剩的几缕头发。 Example sentencesExamples In low-income countries with small remnant forest areas, for instance the Ivory Coast, population growth appears to increase the rate of deforestation. Provision of geographic links between existing areas of remnant vegetation potentially facilitating gene flow and dispersal among populations of species that have become ecological islands due to clearing. But the stories of this remnant student activism almost inevitably leave out an enormous upsurge in pro-Israel activities on these same campuses. Here, we report on the genetic composition of red oaks in remnant old-growth forest in Indiana. The new label permits the product's use in the European Union for the ablation of remnant thyroid tissue, a procedure that patients commonly undergo when being treated for thyroid cancer. The first part of the track is a zigzag through remnant native forest. The English aristocrat recognised the historical importance of remnant business houses and early pearling masters' homes, and set about restoring some of Broome's architectural origins. By 1900, only 1,000 to 2,000 animals remained, scattered in remnant populations. The frogs occupy a 16-ha stand of remnant native forest on Maud Island. However despite everyone's best efforts, all our forest and remnant vegetation was wiped out. They also found remnant ingots from the 1951/52 salvage operation. Remnant patches were very similar in structure, tree composition, and mean diameter. By the mid 1950s - 60s, the UK's once-thriving population had been reduced to remnant populations in the south west of England, East Anglia, parts of Wales and Scotland. There is still a major issue in terms of managing all of the remnant vegetation. The maneuverability of Opportunity is a factor as well, because remnant boulders from the impact may litter the rim. For example agricultural land where the native vegetation has been largely cleared through broadscale clearing, and we're left with remnant patches or islands of native vegetation and biodiversity. Keeping the sea on the left, the road passes through acres of paddy fields, interspersed with areca gardens and the odd patch of remnant rain forest. The other problem from which these remnant patches suffer, he says, are invasions by weeds and introduced plants from developed adjacent land. The ghost presence of the boiler hail can be inferred from the thickness of low remnant perimeter walls and the scarified twelve metre high wall to the turbine room, which is now the entry elevation. Conservation of remnant scrub vegetation is a matter of state and national concern. Origin Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.
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