backwash

n 1 backward movement of water in waves, esp behind a moving ship 回浪. 2 (fig 比喻) (usu unpleasant) results of an action, a policy or an event (行为、政策或事件的)後果, 余波(通常为不愉快者): [attrib 作定语] the backwash effect of the war years 战争年代的遗祸.


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