n.  遗物；遗迹；遗风；遗俗

• In a sense it was. Devils Tower is a relic of the past, when the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano. 过去的遗物

• The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as “being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics. 历史文物

• Everything in the house seemed old and untouched, like relics of an ancient time. 屋里的一切似乎都很古老，没有人动过，就像是古时的遗迹。

BrE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/