1540s, "standing out above a surface," from Latin extantem (nominative extans), present participle of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense of "in existence" attested in English by 1560s. Related: Extance; extancy, both 17c., both obsolete.
雙語例句
1. Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.
這個文本仍有兩份14世紀手抄本存世。
來自柯林斯例句
2. extant remains of the ancient wall
尚存的古城墻遺跡
來自《權威詞典》
3. Some of Washington's letter are extant.
華盛頓的有些信件仍然被保留著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The oldest extant document is dated 1492.
現(xiàn)存最古老的文獻出自1492年。
來自辭典例句
5. This is the only picture extant of a stereognathus.