n.

1. 回忆，怀旧；话旧[U]
2. 回忆的往事，旧事[C]
3. 回忆录[P]
   He is writing his reminiscences.

   他在撰写回忆录。

4. 引起联想的相似事物[C][（+of）]
   There is a reminiscence of her mother in the way she talks.

   她那讲话的神态使人联想起她的母亲。

n.

1. a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator.
   ▸the enjoyable recollection of past events.
2. a characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another.