| 单词 | remains |
| 释义 | remains (once / 81 pages) 1n 2n The word remains can mean a dead body, so a detective might investigate to find out if some bones found in a lake are human or non-human remains. You can also use remains to mean the part of something that's left behind after the rest has been used or thrown away. So the remains of your birthday cake might just be some crumbs and melted candles, and the remains of a building after an earthquake could consist of a crumbling foundation. In a murder mystery, though, remains are likely to be human bodies. WORD FAMILYremain: remained, remaining, remains USAGE EXAMPLESThe truth remains that Cousins was a highly productive passer this season for a team with obvious flaws in other areas, particularly on defense. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said Monday he remains in critical condition at a Baltimore hospital. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) French police discovered the charred remains of 14 victims — arranged in a star formation — in a forest clearing near the Alpine city of Grenoble. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n the dead body of a human being 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff cremains the remains of a dead body after cremation body, dead body a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person n any object that is left unused or still extant I threw out the remains of my dinner Hypo|Hyper archeological remains a relic that has been excavated from the soil fossilthe remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil fucoida fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales belemnitea conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae ammonite, ammonoidone of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks guide fossil, index fossila fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found microfossila fossil that must be studied microscopically wormcastfossil trail of a worm object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow |
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