单词 | throwback |
释义 | throwback From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrowbackthrow‧back /ˈθrəʊbæk $ ˈθroʊ-/ noun [countable usually singular]LIKE/SIMILARsomething that is similar to something that existed in the past, or belongs to the pastthrowback to Her whole outfit was a throwback to the 1970s. a social event which is a throwback to a different ageExamples from the Corpusthrowback• He is a throwback, the New Age kid who is making millions, but plays because he likes to play.• The shift of power, ironically, is a throwback to the traditional House power structure.• This term, a throwback to the early 1970s, is well past retirement age.• The antics were a throwback to earlier days at the Springs.throwback to• Hanoi remains a throwback to a time when cities were built for humans, not automobiles. |
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