throwback
返祖
常用释义
英音[ ˈθrəʊbæk ]
美音[ ˈθroʊbæk ]
变形
复数:
throwbacks
基本释义
- n. 返祖者；返祖；返祖型的东西；复古
例句
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1·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained glass.这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对一个过往时代风格的回归。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·The description of any animal as an "evolutionary throwback" is controversial.把任何动物描述为“进化倒退”，都是有争议的。
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4·The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather.“进化返祖”的专业术语是“atavism”，源自拉丁语的“atavus”，意为祖先。
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5·Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews argued at the time that the whale must be a throwback to a land-living ancestor.探险家罗伊·查普曼·安德鲁斯当时认为，鲸鱼一定是一种返祖的陆地生物。
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6·But it's also a throwback to earlier.但这也可以追溯到更早。
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7·Contrast under the brim for a throwback look.一个倒退的样子的帽檐下的对比。
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8·It's a throwback to some earlier way of thinking.是对早期思维方式的回归。
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9·It's a throwback, and it does not protect women.是一个大倒退，它不保护妇女的权益。
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10·His sentiment is a throwback to the old colonial day.他的观点还是从前殖民时代的那种观点。