remains [rɪ'meɪnz] plural noun ADVANCED ■pieces or parts of something which continue to exist when most of it has been used, destroyed or taken away 剩余物;残留物;遗迹,遗址•The remains of lunch were still on the table.吃剩的午饭仍在桌子上。 •We visited the remains of a 12th-century monastery.我们参观了一处12世纪修道院的遗迹。 human/ sb's remains formal ■someone's dead body or the remaining parts of it 人的/某人的遗体(或遗骸)•Fifty years after he died, his remains were returned to his homeland.他去世50年后,遗体被送回他的故乡。 •Human remains were found in the woods.在林中发现了人的尸体。 |