| 释义 |
remain /ri-mānˈ/ intransitive verb- To stay or be left behind
- To continue in the same place
- To dwell, abide (Shakespeare)
- To be left after or out of a greater number
- To continue in one's possession or mind
- To continue unchanged
- To continue to be
- To be still to be dealt with (often without subject it)
- To await (Spenser and Milton)
noun- Stay, abode (Shakespeare)
- A surviving part (archaic)
ORIGIN: OFr remaindre, from L remanēre, from re- back, and manēre to stay remainˈder noun - That which remains or is left behind after the removal of a part or after division
- The residue, rest
- Balance of an account (Shakespeare)
- An interest in an estate to come into effect after a certain other event happens (law)
- Right of next succession to a post or title
- Residue of an edition when the sale of a book has fallen off
adjective (Shakespeare)Left over transitive verb To sell (a book) as a remainder remainsˈ plural noun - (occasionally with sing verb) that which is left
- Relics
- A corpse
- The literary productions of a dead person
remainˈder-man noun A person to whom a legal remainder is devised |