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.
🗣️ 情景例句
It all happened so quickly!
这一切发生得太快了!
I'm twenty and proud that I've never fed myself!
我二十岁了,但是,以从来不会自己挣钱吃饭为傲。
Any ship that crosses the Pacific is accompanied for many days by the smaller albatross,