throw back
扔回,抛回,扔回来,抛出
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Definitions
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- : Biology. the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character; atavism. an individual having the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type; an example of atavism.
- : a person or thing that evokes memories or imitates something from the past: These chandeliers are designed as a throwback to those old-style candlelit lanterns.On their anniversary, she took to social media with a throwback photo from their wedding reception.
- : an act of throwing back: A sudden ban on fish throwbacks could harm ecosystems, since a range of predator species are reliant on discarded fish as a food source.
- : a setback or check.
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Examples
This browser is something of a throwback in terms of its appearance.
On the back, there's a throwback capacitive fingerprint reader—a contrast to the in-screen fingerprint readers most phones ship with—and a camera block.
Each of the eight episodes will focus on a specific paranormal incident, a throwback to a classic monster-of-the-week format.
This industrial lamp brings a throwback appeal to your bedroom—dimmable Edison bulb included.
Campus appears to be a throwback to the first days of Facebook, when a person had to have a college email address and attend a select group of universities to be able to join.
But Willie Watson is a throwback to the days of Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan.
That, I thought, was racism, and a throwback for America, to simply vote for a man because of the color of his skin.
Politically, Cianci is something of a throwback to a time when conservative, ethnic politics dominated urban centers.
What does Soylent have going for it other than missionary zeal and a revoltingly kitschy sci-fi throwback name?
For many of the young she is seen as a throwback to a past few want to see repeated.
You're sort of a throwback to the days when they needed barnstormers to correct bad working-conditions, aren't you?
The third dog of the team was Slasher, a gaunt, untamed malamute, red-eyed and vicious—a throwback to the wolf.
In face, figure, expression, and manner he was a five-hundred-year throwback to his Holland ancestors.
An atavistic throwback to primitive barbarism is more difficult for us who have twenty centuries behind us more than they have.