vestigial

英 [veˈstɪdʒiəl]

美 [veˈstɪdʒiəl]

adj.  残留的; 残余的; 退化的

复数：vestigials　

GRE医学

BNC.33201 / COCA.25202

牛津词典

adj.

• 残留的；残余的；退化的
  remaining as the last small part of sth that used to exist
  1. vestigial traces of an earlier culture
     早期文化的遗迹
  2. It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on some snakes.
     在某些蛇身上常可看到退化后肢的痕迹。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 残存的;残余的;遗留的
  Vestigialis used to describe the small amounts of something that still remain of a larger or more important thing.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• not fully developed in mature animals
  1. rudimentary wings
  Synonym:rudimentary

双语例句

• If Little Red Riding Hood is in close-up and the Wolf in long-shot, the emphasis is shifted to the emotional problems of vestigial virginity in a wicked world.
  如果给小红帽一个特写镜头而给大灰狼一个全景镜头，重点就转向了纯洁在一个邪恶的世界上蜕化的感情问题。
• Vestigial Sideband modulation ( VSB) is used in traditional TV broadcasting.
  残留边带调制（VSB）已用于现行电视的广播传输中。
• Solitude is almost a vestigial pleasure, now that electronic entertainment can accompany us anywhere.
  孤独差不多是一种退化的快乐，因为现在电子娱乐可以随时随地陪伴我们。
• Any of a breed of the domestic cat having short hair, usually solid color, and an internal vestigial tail.
  任一种长有短毛，通常有纯色毛皮，体内留有已退化尾巴的家养猫种。
• Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw.
  几种完全生活在海洋中的鲸，嘴象鸟嘴，上鳄牙齿退化。
• 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。
• One format combines the vestigial sideband payload and wavelength label.
  一种是利用残留边带载荷及单边带副载波标签或波长标签的方案。
• According to the vestigial side band ( VSB) modulating principle, 8-level VSB modulating principle, hardware's realization, data vertical structure and transfer feature are emphatically introduced in the high definition television ( HDTV).
  以VSB调制为线索，着重介绍了数字电视（HDTV）系统中8-VSB的调制原理、频谱特性和硬件实现方法，并说明了其数据帧结构及传输特点。
• The book consists of nineteen rather anorexic stories, stripped of all but vestigial traces of emotion and often of plot ( Madison Bell)
  这本书包括十九个简短的故事，除了剩下的感情和情节描写外其它一切都省掉了（麦迪逊贝尔）
• Appendix ( in full vermiform appendix): Vestigial hollow tube attached to the cecum of the large intestine.
  阑尾（全名名蚓状阑尾）：解剖学上附于大肠的盲肠的一条退化性中空管。