vestigial
美音:
[vəs´tıdʒıəl
]英音:
[vəs´tıdʒıəl
]adj.发育不全的,退化器官的
难易程度:
vestigial为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:vestigially
近义词, 同义词
vestigial
/ve'stɪdʒɪəl; vɛs`tɪdʒɪəl/
adj remaining as a vestige 残留的; 退化的.
vestigial
adj
technical a vestigial part of the body has never developed completely or has almost disappeared
The legs of snakes are vestigial or absent altogether.
formal remaining as a sign that something existed after most of it has gone
his vestigial sense of pride