| 释义 |
wake² /weɪk/ n. | phr.
n.
1. (航行中的船等留下的)伴流，船迹，尾流
The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness. 船留下的尾流在黑暗中闪闪发光。
All the ships were turning in circles,leaving half-moon wakes behind them. 所有的船都在绕圈行驶，船后留下了一道道半月形尾波。
2. (移动物经过或留下的)路线；行踪；痕迹
the wake of a storm 风暴经过的路线
The car left a wake of dust. 车后扬起一股尘埃。
He bustled away,leaving a wake of silence. 他匆匆离去，留下一片寂静。
3. (飞机、导弹等飞行物留下的)尾流
[Scan; 比较 ON vaka,vök hole cut in ice, Swed vak, Dan vagge;? 与 ON vökr, MD wak wet 有关] phr. in the wake of 1. 紧紧跟随…；在…后 He panted along the platform in the wake of the porter carrying his suitcase.他紧跟着替他提衣箱的搬运工，气喘吁吁地沿月台走去。far behind in the wake of a ship 在一艘船后很远的地方 He walked off with three of us in his wake.他突然走开，把我们3个人落在后面。The president went home leaving in his wake a string of laudatory headlines and editorials.总统回国去了，报上随后登出了一连串赞美的大标题和社论。2. 随着…而来；作为…的结果 wrecked houses in the wake of a hurricane 飓风刮过毁坏的房屋 hunger and disease in the wake of the war 战争带来的饥饿与疾病 They submitted resignations in the wake of a scandal.丑闻发生之后他们提交了辞职书。3. 仿效 |