remnant
n
1 (often pl 常作复数)
(a) small remaining quantity or part or number of things or people (事物或人)剩余的小部分, 余下的数量
remnants of a meal 残羹剩饭
the remnants of a shattered army 被击溃的军队的残余部分.
(b) (fig 比喻) surviving trace of sth 遗留的痕迹
remnants of one's former glory 自己过去的光荣见证. =>Usage at rest3 用法见rest3.
2 small piece of cloth or carpet left over from a roll and sold at a reduced price (减价出售的布料或地毯织料的)零头
[attrib 作定语]
a remnant sale 布头的减价出售.
Just a minute. She's taken the bag that usually sits on top of the cupboard.
等等。她带走了通常放在壁橱顶上的包。
One man was told to fix up an air-line to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.
有个工人被派去安装"供气管",给他们正在使用的机器提供压缩空气。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。