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单词 throw back
释义 throw back
transitive verb
1. : to delay the progress or advance of : check
 < armies concentrated to … throw back the British striking forces — Tom Wintringham >
2. : to cause to rely : make dependent
 < the Boston mind, thrown back upon itself, resumed its old colonial allegiance — Van Wyck Brooks >
3. : reflect
 < pavements throw back the lights in wavy lines — Thomas Wood †1950 >
intransitive verb
: to revert to an earlier type or phase; specifically : to exhibit atavism
 < the tendency of all varieties of pigeons to throw backAmerican Pigeon Journal >
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