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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

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