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backwash

美['bækwɔːʃ] 英['bækwɒʃ]

n. 余波；后果；逆流

近义词：wake，wash，airstream，slipstream，aftermath，race，

Noun

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);
"the aftermath of war" "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

用作名词(n.)

The backwash of the passing boat took us a surprise.那艘经过的船造成的回浪让我们措手不及。
Famine is not the only backwash of drought in Africa.在非洲,饥荒并非干旱带来的唯一后果。
This rock was shaped by the backwash of the crashing waves.这块岩石是由巨大的逆流冲击而成的。

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