relic
US: /ˈɹɛɫɪk/
UK: /ɹˈɛlɪk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
relic /'relik/- danh từ
- (tôn giáo) thành tích
- di tích, di vật
- a relic of early civilization: di tích của một nền văn minh
- (số nhiều) di hài
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 ~ (of / from sth) an object, a tradition, etc. that has survived from a period of time that no longer exists: The building stands as the last remaining relic of the town's cotton industry. + The pictures on the walls were relics from the days before her marriage.
2 a part of the body or clothing of a holy person, or sth that they owned, that is kept after their death and respected as a religious object: holy / sacred relics
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 memento, keepsake, memorial, remembrance, souvenir, heirloom, token, artefact or artifact:
It has been argued again and again that the Turin shroud, though old, is not a genuine relic of Christ
2 remains; fragment, trace, scrap, shard or sherd, remnant:
Deep in the jungle, archaeologists unearthed relics of a previously unknown civilization.
Collocation
ADJ.
ancient | last
It was the last relic of the old system.
| historic/historical | precious | holy, religious, sacred, saintly
VERB + RELIC
discover
The relics were discovered in a lead box in the ruins of an abbey.
| shelter
A shrine was constructed to shelter the relics.
| remove
The duke secretly removed the relics from the reliquary.
RELIC + VERB
survive
This silver belt buckle is the only relic of the imprisoned soldiers that survives.
PREP.
~ from
Most of these guns are relics from the Boer War.
PHRASES
a relic of an age/a time
relics of a bygone age a relic of the time when people travelled by horse and carriage
| a relic of the past
They believe that hunting is a relic of the past and are calling for it to be banned.
Concise dictionary
relics'relɪknoun
+an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
+something of sentimental value
