throwback
导读：throwback英[ˈθrəʊbæk]美[ˈθroʊbæk]n.掷回，挫折，阻止，大倒退；复数：throwbacks; 例句It appears to be a throwback to prehistoric times that it has somehow managed
throwback
英[ˈθrəʊbæk]美[ˈθroʊbæk]
n.掷回，挫折，阻止，大倒退；
复数：throwbacks;
例句
It appears to be a throwback to prehistoric times that it has somehow managed to survive.不知什么原因它竟然能够存活下来,这看来是对史前时期的一种返祖现象.
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.
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。
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。
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
复古;回归
If you say that something is a throwback to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.
例句
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。英英词典释义
Noun
1. an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
2. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Adjective
1. characteristic of an atavist
