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单词 hark back
释义

hark back

verb

harked back; harking back; harks back

intransitive verb

1
: to turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance
2
: to go back to something as an origin or source

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Hark Back Got Its Start in Hunting

Hark, a very old word meaning "to listen," was used as a cry in hunting. The master of the hunt might cry "Hark! Forward!" or "Hark! Back!" The cries became set phrases, both as nouns and verbs. Thus, a "hark back" was a retracing of a route by dogs and hunters, and to "hark back" was to turn back along the path. From its use in hunting, the verb soon acquired its current figurative meanings. The variants hearken and harken (also very old words meaning “to listen”) are also used, with and without back, as synonyms of hark back.

Synonyms

  • flash back (to)
  • harken back (to)
  • hearken back (to)
  • mind [chiefly dialect]
  • recall
  • recollect
  • remember
  • reminisce (about)
  • reproduce
  • think (of)
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Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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