vestigial
英[ve'stɪdʒɪəl;-dʒ(ə)l]
美[vɛ'stɪdʒɪəl]
- adj. 退化的；残余的；发育不全的
实用场景例句
- vestigial traces of an earlier culture
- 早期文化的遗迹
牛津词典
- It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on some snakes.
- 在某些蛇身上常可看到退化后肢的痕迹。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Wisdom teeth are another vestigial remnant.
- 智齿是另一个残余物.
期刊摘选
- I believe the reflex is a vestigial response from the time when inevitable meant " God. "
- 我认为,这是历史残留的正常的反应,因为那时“必然”指的就是 “ 上帝 ”.
期刊摘选
- Here history is vestigial and numerous.
- 这里历史遗迹众多.
期刊摘选
- At most , their forelegs grow vestigial spurs where wing membrane might have been.
- 最终, 它们本应长为翅膀的前肢会退化为薄膜.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
辞典例句
- Now vestigial, like a male's nipples.
- 现在它已经退化了, 就像男人的乳头一样.
期刊摘选
- Still save limekiln of the bay below good sea wanting number now vestigial.
- 现仍保存良好的要数海下湾石灰窑遗迹.
期刊摘选
- Appendix in full vermiform appendix: Vestigial hollow tube attached to the cecum of the large intestine.
- 阑尾(全名名蚓状阑尾): 解剖学上附于大肠的盲肠的一条退化性中空管.
期刊摘选
- 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。
辞典例句
- vestigial traces of an earlier culture
- 早期文化的遗迹
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》