vestigial是什么意思？

vestigial

英[veˈstɪdʒiəl] 美[vɛˈstɪdʒiəl, -ˈstɪdʒəl]

• adj. 残留的，残余的，退化的；

例句

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  残存的;残余的;遗留的
  Vestigial is used to describe the small amounts of something that still remain of a larger or more important thing.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. not fully developed in mature animals;
  "rudimentary wings"

行业词典

• 医学： 遗迹的：同rudimentary；有遗迹、痕迹、遗物性质的；