throwback是什么意思？

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