also throw-back, "reversion to an ancestral type or character," 1888, from throw (v.) + back (adv.); earlier it meant "a reverse in a course or progress, a relapse" (1856).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s.
這種汽車的設(shè)計(jì)回到了20世紀(jì)60年代。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.