词组 | remains |
释义 | remains /rɪˈmeɪnz/ noun the parts of something that are left after the rest has been destroyed or has disappearedGrammarAlways plural.adjectives/nouns + remainsancient/prehistoric remains (=of things that existed hundreds or thousands of years ago) The Natural History Museum has one of the finest collections of prehistoric remains in the country.archaeological remains (=of things that existed a very long time ago, which are used to study how people lived then) Archaeological remains were discovered during the digging of subways.Roman/Greek remains The Roman remains included some old coins and some jewellery.human remains Police said they found human remains in the forest.fossilized/fossil remains (=where the bones of an animal have become part of the rock or the ground, over millions of years) In the rocks were the fossilized remains of a huge dinosaur.the burnt-out/charred remains (=left after someone or something has been burned) He was looking at the charred remains of the house.mangled remains (=having been damaged by crushing or twisting) The mangled remains of the truck could be seen after the explosion.mummified remains (=of a person whose body has been preserved) The tombs contained the mummified remains of the Egyptian Pharaohs.verbsdiscover/find/uncover remains They found the remains of an ancient temple.recover remains Nine more pieces of human remains were recovered from the site.identify remains His remains were identified by DNA analysis.prepositionsthe remains of sth You can see the remains of an old house. |
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