a person or thing that is similar to an earlier type返祖者;类似先前种类的东西
He's an unappealing throwback to the days of 80s City slickers.他一点没有吸引力,活脱脱像是一个80年代的城里老油子。
In some ways the new applet technology was a throwback to the old pre-PC days.在某些方面,新的小应用程序技术类似以前个人电脑出现前的技术。