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.
实用例句
1. Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.
这个文本仍有两份14世纪手抄本存世。来自柯林斯例句
2. extant remains of the ancient wall
尚存的古城墙遗迹来自《权威词典》
3. Some of Washington's letter are extant.
华盛顿的有些信件仍然被保留着.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The oldest extant document is dated 1492.
现存最古老的文献出自1492年。来自辞典例句
5. This is the only picture extant of a stereognathus.
