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throwback

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++throw·back /ˈθrəʊbæk $ ˈθroʊ-/ noun [countable usually singular]  LIKE/SIMILARsomething that is similar to something that existed in the past, or belongs to the past 复古的事物throwback to Her whole outfit was a throwback to the 1970s. 她的整套衣服透出了回归20世纪70年代的复古风格。 a social event which is a throwback to a different age 回归到另一个时代的社交活动
Examples from the Corpus
throwbackHe 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 toHanoi remains a throwback to a time when cities were built for humans, not automobiles.
throw·back nounChineseSyllable
that similar is something something to Corpus that existed


throwback
throwback /ˈθrəʊbæk $ ˈθroʊ-/ noun [countable usually singular]
something that is similar to something that existed in the past, or belongs to the past
    throwback to
    Her whole outfit was a throwback to the 1970s.
    a social event which is a throwback to a different age


throw·backBrE /ˈθrəʊbæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθroʊbæk/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] ~ (to sth) a person or thing that is similar to sb/sth that existed in the past 返祖者;返祖;返祖型的东西The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s. 这种汽车的设计回到了 20 世纪 60 年代。🔊🔊