an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest 文物;遗物;遗迹 ■a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence 圣徒遗骨;圣徒遗物 ■an object, custom, or belief that has survived from an earlier time but is now outmoded 纪念物;遗风,遗俗 individualized computer programming and time-sharing would become expensive relics. 个性化的计算机编程和时间分享将成为昂贵的遗留文物。 ■(relics)all that is left of something 残留物;废墟 relics of a lost civilization. 一个失落的文明的废墟。
语源
Middle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae (see reliquiae)