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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

        • This might seem an unthinkable throwback.
          这看起来似乎是一种不可思议的倒退。
        • The one they have here is a Soviet throwback and ultimately no match for conventional navies.
          这个是苏联时代旳产物,跟现在旳常规海军根本不配套。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • His sentiments were a throwback to the old colonial days.
          他的观点还是从前殖民时代的那种观点。
        • 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”。