throwbacks

英 [ˈθrəʊbæks]

美 [ˈθroʊˌbæks]

n.  返祖者; 返祖; 返祖型的东西
throwback的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 复古;回归
  If you say that something is athrowbackto a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.
  1. 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过去一个时代风格的回归。

双语例句

• Bezos and his fellow tech titans are all throwbacks to the robber barons of the late 19th century& the men who first brought America into the industrial age.
  贝佐斯和他的同类科技暴君们就像19世纪末最初将美国带入工业革命的豪门强盗一样。
• The BDD, a German detective Association, says members work to high legal standards and dismisses the idea that private investigators are Stasi throwbacks.
  德国侦探协会bdd表示，其协会成员都依据较高的法律标准行事，同时驳斥了那种认为私人调查者是史塔西再现的说法。