backwash
noun
uk/ˈbæk.wɒʃ/us/ˈbæk.wɑːʃ/backwashnoun(WATER)
[U]
thebackwardmovementofwaves, or thebackwardmovementofwatercausedby something, such as aboat,passingthrough it:
反流,尾流Thewaterskierwascaughtin the backwash from amotorboat.滑水者遇上了汽艇激起的尾流。
Floods, tides & currents
- current
- ebb
- eddy
- flash flood
- flooded
- floodplain
- gyre
- high tide
- high water mark
- inundation
- longshore drift
- low-water mark
- tidal
- tidally
- tide table
- tidemark
- turbulence
- turbulent
- water
- waterline
backwashnoun(EFFECT)
[S]
aneffectthat is not thedirectresultof something:
(间接的)后果,余波Theeconomicandpoliticalbackwashofthewaris still beingfelt.时至今日人们仍然能感受到战争对经济和政治所造成的影响。
Outcomes and consequences
- aftereffect
- aftermath
- age
- be a monument tosomethingidiom
- bed
- end result
- fallout
- first fruit
- fruit
- implication
- in
- ironically
- knock-on effect
- repercussion
- resultant
- resulting
- reverberation
- ripple effect
- sequel
- side effect