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back·wash
/ˈbækˌwɔʃ, ˌwɑʃ/
以櫓反推的水,浪濤,逆流,反響
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
back·wash
v. t.
1.
To
clean
the
oil
from
(
wool
)
after
combing
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
backwash
n
1:
the
flow
of
air
that
is
driven
backwards
by
an
aircraft
propeller
[
syn
:
slipstream
,
airstream
,
race
,
wash
]
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
" [
syn
:
aftermath
,
wake
]
3:
the
wave
that
spreads
behind
a
boat
as
it
moves
forward
;
"
the
motorboat's
wake
capsized
the
canoe
" [
syn
:
wake
]
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