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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

        • For the first time ever, all193 members of the United Nations have signed the traditional Olympic truce, a throwback to the ancient games.
          联合国193个成员国首次共同签署《奥林匹克休战协议》,该协议源自古代奥林匹克。
        • He's not a populist at all. He's sort of a typical throwback to the Japanese prime minister of yore, the faceless grey suits.
          他一点也不受欢迎,他有点像是退回到传统典型的日本首相,面无表情地身着灰色西装。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Meanwhile, inflation is reviving throwback elements of state economic planning.
          同时,通货膨胀也正在“抵消”中央的经济政策。
        • India-Elephant Howdah Howdah translates as throne, a throwback to the days when the ornate platforms transported India's royalty from one place to the next.
          Howdah被翻译为宝座,把我们带回过去印度王族乘坐这种华丽工具从一个地方去到另一个地方的日子。
        • Come on now, you ain't hardly no throwback, caitlin.
          别这么说,你不会出丑,凯特琳。
        • What looks like a simple throwback to Java's enhanced for loop turns out to be far more powerful than anything the average Java programmer can begin to imagine.
          该结构看起来像是Java的增强for循环的简单早期版,但它远比一般的Java编程人员开始设想的更强大。
        • 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。
        • 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。