backwash /ˈbækˌwɒʃ/

• 1. 

  N-SING The backwash of an event or situation is an unpleasant situation that exists after it and as a result of it. 余波; 后果

  例：

  ...the backwash of the events of 1989.

  ...1989年事件的余波。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Backwash is the backward movement of water caused by something moving through it. 逆流

  例：

  The skipper pushed the boat hard, creating a broad white backwash at our stern.

  船长加快船速，使得船尾产生一片宽大的白色逆流。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Backwash is liquid, sometimes mixed with small pieces of food, that goes from your mouth back into a bottle or cup that you drink from. 回流物; 从嘴里反流回瓶子里的液体与食物残渣

  例：

  I'm not drinking that – it has backwash in it!

  我才不要喝那个漱口水呢！