vestigial

vestigial traces of an earlier culture

早期文化的遗迹

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The wings of the chicken have become vestigial; it can no longer fly.

鸡的翅膀逐渐退化, 不会在空中飞行了.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

Appendix in full vermiform appendix: Vestigial hollow tube attached to the cecum of the large intestine.

阑尾(全名名蚓状阑尾): 解剖学上附于大肠的盲肠的一条退化性中空管.

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One laboratory stock of Drosophila melanogaster has very reduced or vestigial wings.

果蝇的一种实验品系,翅膀缩小,称为残翅.

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At most , their forelegs grow vestigial spurs where wing membrane might have been.

最终, 它们本应长为翅膀的前肢会退化为薄膜.

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Still save limekiln of the bay below good sea wanting number now vestigial.

现仍保存良好的要数海下湾石灰窑遗迹.

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Vestigial remains of these plays are now seen in the Christmas pantomime.

在圣诞节演出的哑剧中还能看到这些戏剧残留下来的痕迹。

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Wisdom teeth are another vestigial remnant.

智齿是另一个残余物.

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Now vestigial, like a male's nipples.

现在它已经退化了, 就像男人的乳头一样.

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his vestigial sense of pride

他残存的自尊心

朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版

The legs of snakes are vestigial or absent altogether.

蛇的腿已经退化或完全消失。

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I believe the reflex is a vestigial response from the time when inevitable meant " God. "

我认为,这是历史残留的正常的反应,因为那时“必然”指的就是 “ 上帝 ”.

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It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on some snakes.

在某些蛇身上常可看到退化后肢的痕迹。

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Here history is vestigial and numerous.

这里历史遗迹众多.

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