remnant
n
1 (often pl 常作复数)
(a) small remaining quantity or part or number of things or people (事物或人)剩余的小部分, 余下的数量
remnants of a meal 残羹剩饭
the remnants of a shattered army 被击溃的军队的残余部分.
(b) (fig 比喻) surviving trace of sth 遗留的痕迹
remnants of one's former glory 自己过去的光荣见证. =>Usage at rest3 用法见rest3.
2 small piece of cloth or carpet left over from a roll and sold at a reduced price (减价出售的布料或地毯织料的)零头
[attrib 作定语]
a remnant sale 布头的减价出售.
So he had gone to the stores and had obtained a fixture that fitted both the tap on the supply line and the end of the air-line.
所以他就到仓库找到一个既适合供应管也适合供气管的接头。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.