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throwback

英 [ˈθrəʊbæk]

美 [ˈθroʊbæk]

n.  返祖者; 返祖; 返祖型的东西

复数:throwbacks 

GRE医学

BNC.22673 / COCA.15978

牛津词典

    noun

    • 返祖者;返祖;返祖型的东西
      a person or thing that is similar to sb/sth that existed in the past
      1. The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s.
        这种汽车的设计回到了20世纪60年代。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 复古;回归
      If you say that something is athrowbackto a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.
      1. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
        这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。

    英英释义

    noun

    • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
        Synonym:atavismreversion
      1. an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
          Synonym:atavist

        双语例句

        • The curtains are a throwback to a William Morris design, there are exposed brick walls, and the floor-to-ceiling bathroom tiles are creamy oblongs similar to those in the New York subway.
          房间的窗帘是威廉•莫里斯(WilliamMorris)设计风格的回归。还有祼露的砖墙。浴室墙壁上,从天花到地板都采用奶油色长方形墙砖,这与纽约地铁里倒有几分相似。
        • To some, these arguments might sound self-serving, if not a throwback to old Reagan-era free-market views.
          在一些人看来,上述观点就算不是朝着里根时代旧自由市场观点的倒退,可能也有自私之嫌。
        • The film seems to be a throwback to the1970s.
          这部电影好像是对20世纪70年代的重现。
        • Yeah, so, first of all, it was interesting, you throwback to HP.
          你回首了惠普的往事,让我深有感触。
        • Far from being a reactionary throwback, a version of nine-to-five is being practised in one of the coolest companies on earth.
          朝九晚五远非被动的还击,地球上最酷的一家公司正在实践。
        • The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
          这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。
        • In another throwback, plans are afoot to create a "bad bank" for Dexia's worst assets.
          又是一起复古事件,人们正在制定计划为德克夏的最差资产创建一个“不良债权”。
        • It's a throwback to the first weapons our remote ancestors used on the African savannah: Hit the sucker with a rock.
          这是一次大倒退,就像我们在南非大草原的远祖用的第一件武器:用石头扔那些王八蛋吧。
        • Life is more wholesome: there, a throwback to simpler times.
          那里的生活更有益于健康,它仿佛使你返回到更加纯朴的原始时代。
        • What the Yankees have here, it appears, is a throwback: A one-time ace in the twilight of his career, aging naturally.
          目前洋基所有的,看起来就像个回传球;一个曾经的王牌进入生涯的尾声,自然的老化。