词组 | hark back to |
释义 | Idiom hark back tohark back to (something) to be similar to something from the past.His music harks back to Elvis Presley and other 1950s influences. Phr V hark back to harks, harking, harked hark back to sth if someone harks back to something in the past, they talk about it again and again, often in a way which annoys other peopleoften in continuous tensesShe's always harking back to when she was young and saying how much better it was then. (never in continuous tenses) if something harks back to something in the past, it is similar to itAnd yet his latest offering harks back to his earlier films. hark(en) back to (something)1. To cause one to think of something. That song harkens back to an earlier time in my life. 2. To have originated or begun as something. You know, our modern cell phones hark back to those old rotary phones you like to make fun of. 3. To revisit something mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all harken back to the real reason we're here today. hark(en) back to something1. to have originated as something; to have started out as something. (Harken is an older word meaning "pay heed to.") The word icebox harks back to refrigerators that were cooled by ice. Our modern breakfast cereals hark back to the porridge and gruel of our ancestors. 2. to remind one of something. Seeing a horse and buggy in the park harks back to the time when horses drew milk wagons. Sally says it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by horse-drawn wagons. hark backReturn to a previous point, as in Let us hark back briefly to my first statement. This expression originally alluded to hounds retracing their course when they have lost their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First half of 1800s] |
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