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be a throwback to sth
后接表示过去时代或风格的名词，意为“让人联想起……”。
The band's sound is a throwback to 1980s pop.
这个乐队的声音让人想起20世纪80年代的流行音乐。
旧特征的再现；返祖现象
throwbacks — plural of throwback
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
旧特征的再现；返祖现象
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
The band's sound is a throwback to 1980s pop.
这个乐队的声音让人想起20世纪80年代的流行音乐。
退回较早发展阶段。
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
具有更原始形态特征的生物。
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
返祖现象。
An atavism.
与祖先相似的人,或与已有事物相似的新事物。
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
Wearing bell-bottom jeans is a throwback to the 1970s.
穿喇叭牛仔裤让人想起20世纪70年代。
The band's new song is a throwback to classic rock.
乐队的新歌是对经典摇滚的复古回归。
These simple wooden toys are throwbacks to the 1980s.
这些简单的木制玩具是20世纪80年代风格的回归。
后接表示过去时代或风格的名词，意为“让人联想起……”。
The band's sound is a throwback to 1980s pop.
这个乐队的声音让人想起20世纪80年代的流行音乐。
His strict rules seem like a throwback to an earlier age.
他的严格规矩似乎让人回到了一个更早的时代。
from 强调来源或出处。
The old phone is a throwback from the early 2000s.
这部旧手机就像是从21世纪初穿越来的。
Not this
The song throwbacks to the 1990s.
Use this
The song is a throwback to the 1990s.
throwback 是名词，不是动词。表示‘让人想起过去的事物’时，需要用 be a throwback to… 结构，不能在主语后直接加 throwback 作谓语。
Not this
The style is throwback to the 1920s.
Use this
The style is a throwback to the 1920s.
throwback 是可数名词，单数作表语时前面要有不定冠词 a。这里缺少 a，导致句子不完整、不符合英语习惯。
Not this
The design is a throwback of the 1980s.
Use this
The design is a throwback to the 1980s.
throwback 习惯搭配介词 to，表示‘对过去的追溯/复古’，不用 of。用 of 是受中文‘…的’影响产生的错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对……的复古；让人想起……的事物
The song is a throwback to the 1990s.
这首歌让人想起20世纪90年代。
怀旧星期四（社交媒体上分享旧照片的活动）
She posted an old photo for Throwback Thursday.
她在怀旧星期四发了一张旧照片。
复古球衣
He wore a throwback jersey of his favorite player.
他穿着一件最喜爱球员的复古球衣。
怀旧老照片
She shared a throwback photo from her college days.
她分享了一张大学时代的怀旧照片。
怀旧回顾；引发怀旧的事物
The film is a nostalgic throwback to the 1980s.
这部电影是对20世纪80年代的怀旧回顾。
让人想起（过去时代）的事物；对……的怀旧
This song is a real throwback to the 1990s.
这首歌真的让人想起20世纪90年代。
复古星期四（在周四分享旧照片的网络传统）
She posted a throwback Thursday photo of her college graduation.
她发布了一张大学毕业后拍的复古星期四旧照。
复古星期四（周四在社交媒体上传旧照的流行话题）
She posted a childhood photo for #ThrowbackThursday.
她为“复古星期四”话题发布了一张童年照片。
Use throwbacks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把‘抛’（throw）和‘回’（back）连起来想：把一样东西抛回过去，旧特征或旧风格就重现了，所以throwback是返祖、复古。
语域：mixed 常见场景：生物学、遗传学等专业文献、社交媒体帖子（如 #throwback）、日常怀旧话题 作名词时，正式语境多指生物学上的返祖现象或隔代遗传者；日常口语和社交媒体中更常指“让人想起过去的人或事物”，比较口语化，常出现在 throwback Thursday 等搭配中。
These words share the final /bæk/ sound with the unstressed '-back' of 'throwback'. Note that 'back' is a direct spelling chunk, while the others share '-ack'. Be careful: 'throw' in 'throwback' is /θrəʊ/, not /θruː/, so 'through' (/θruː/) is not a rhyme, nor are lookalikes like 'bake' (/beɪk/) or 'bark' (/bɑːrk/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.