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vestige
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  • [ 'vεstɪdʒ]
  • Derivatives : adj  vestigial ; adv  vestigially
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

vestige [ 'vεstɪdʒ] [ 'vestɪdʒ]
  1. 1. noun 残迹；遗迹；剩余；痕迹
    vestiges of the ancient wall
    古城墙遗迹
  2. 2. noun 丝毫；一点儿
    not a vestige of hope left
    一丝希望也没有
  3. 3. noun [biology] 退化器官
  4. 4. noun 残留，遗迹，痕迹，某事物的”残留“是指某事物仍然保留的非常小的部分，该事物曾经更大或更重要

Collins English-English Dictionary

vestige ['vεstɪʤ]
  1. 1. n a small trace, mark, or amount; hint
    a vestige of truth
    no vestige of the meal
  2. 2. n [biology] an organ or part of an organism that is a small nonfunctioning remnant of a functional organ in an ancestor
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C17: via French from Latin vestigium track
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Examples

not a vestige of hope left
一丝希望也没有 → vestige
a vestige of truth → vestige
no vestige of the meal → vestige

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