throwback
英 ['θrəʊbæk]
美 ['θrobæk]
英文詞源
- throwback (n.)
- also throw-back, "reversion to an ancestral type or character," 1888, from throw (v.) + back (adv.); earlier it meant "a reverse in a course or progress, a relapse" (1856).
雙語例句
- 1. The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s.
- 這種汽車的設計回到了20世紀60年代。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
- 這個大廳的古老圖案和彩色玻璃是對過去一個時代風格的回歸。
來自辭典例句
- 3. His sentiments were a throwback to the old colonial days.
- 他的觀點還是從前殖民時代的那種觀點.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It appears to be a throwback to prehistoric times that it has somehow managed to survive.
- 不知什麽原因它竟然能夠存活下來,這看來是對史前時期的一種返祖現象.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The hastily assembled stimulus packages were a throwback to naive Keynesianism.
- 而匆忙出台刺激計劃,則是向幼稚的凱恩斯主義的大退步.
來自互聯網