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单词 throwback
释义 throwback
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: throw back
1. : a reversal or backward deviation from a path or course
2.
 a. : reversion to an earlier type or phase; specifically : atavism
 b. : an instance or product of such reversion
  < have eliminated the sports and throwbacks and are getting a definite, consistent, and predictable type — Fortune >
  < a throwback to the heroic drama of Shakespearean times — Leslie Rees >
  < an aristocrat of the old line, a throwback to another century — W.A.White >
3. : flashback
 < makes clever use of multiple-scene throwbacks and is … in every way a first-rate drama — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >
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