a small remaining quantity of something 残余,剩余物 ■a piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold 零料,零头布 ■a surviving trace 残迹 a remnant of the past. 昔日的遗迹。 ■(Christian Theology)a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel) (基督教神学)(指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的)余剩民(典出圣经中有关以色列的预言)
adjective
[attrib.]remaining 残余的,剩余的 remnant strands of hair. 仅剩的几缕头发。
语源
Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir 'remain'