remnant
US: /ˈɹɛmnənt/
UK: /ɹˈɛmnənt/
UK: /ɹˈɛmnənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
remnant /'remnənt/
- danh từ
- cái còn lại, vật còn thừa
- a few remnants of food: chút ít đồ ăn thừa
- dấu vết còn lại, tàn dư
- the remnants of feudal ideology: tàn dư của tư tưởng phong kiến
- mảnh vải lẻ (bán rẻ)
- cái còn lại, vật còn thừa
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [usually pl.] a part of sth that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc: The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area. + Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land.
2 a small piece of fabric that is left when the rest has been sold
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 scrap, shred, fragment, end, bit, piece, trace, vestige, relic:
A silver button was the only remnant of the splendid uniform.
2 leftover, remainder, residue, rest, remains, part:
The surviving remnant of the battalion made its way across the desert to Djibouti.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
small | last, surviving
The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.
| faint, tattered
the tattered remnants of the flag (figurative) faint remnants of the city's glorious past
PREP.
~ from
(figurative) Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days.
PHRASES
a remnant from/of the past
Concise English dictionary
remnants'remnənt
noun
+a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
+a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
