remnant
remnant
noun
noun
- a small remaining quantity of something
残余，剩余物
■a piece of cloth left when the greater part has been used or sold
零料，零头布
■a surviving trace
残迹
a remnant of the past.
昔日的遗迹。
■(Christian Theology)a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel)
(基督教神学)（指极少数决心始终忠于上帝以获得救赎的）余剩民（典出圣经中有关以色列的预言）
- [attrib.]remaining
残余的，剩余的
remnant strands of hair.
仅剩的几缕头发。
- Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir 'remain'
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