backwash
柯林斯詞典
1. N-SING The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it. 餘波; 後果
...the backwash of the events of 1989. ...1989年事件的餘波。
2. N-UNCOUNT Backwash is the backward movement of water caused by something moving through it. 逆流
The skipper pushed the boat hard, creating a broad white backwash at our stern. 船長加快船速，使得船尾産生一片寬大的白色逆流。
3. N-UNCOUNT Backwash is liquid, sometimes mixed with small pieces of food, that goes from your mouth back into a bottle or cup that you drink from. 廻流物; 從嘴裡反流廻瓶子裡的液躰與食物殘渣
I'm not drinking that – it has backwash in it!
我才不要喝那個漱口水呢！
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backwash /?b?k?w??/
劍橋詞典
backwash noun (WATER)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the backward movement of waves , or the backward movement of water caused by something, such as a boat , passing through it
反流，尾流
The waterskier was caught in the backwash from a motorboat . 滑水者遇上了汽艇激起的尾流。
backwash noun (EFFECT)
[ 單數(shù)名詞 ]an effect that is not the direct result of something
（間接的）後果，餘波
The economic and political backwash of the war is still being felt . 時至今日人們?nèi)匀荒芨惺艿綉?zhàn)爭對經(jīng)濟和政治所造成的影響。 返回 backwash