backwash
英 ['bækwɒʃ]
美['bækwɔʃ]
- n. 回流，逆流；后果，反响；浪涛
英英释意
- 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- 2. 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"
- 3. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
- "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"