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wake WATERweIkn [C]an area of water whose movement has been changed by a boat or ship moving through it(航行中的船只等留下的)伴流，尾流，船迹The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship.尾流在轮船后面漂涌开来，像一个“八”字。The little boats were left bobbing about in the cruise ship's wake.那些小船被巡航艇的尾流冲得直晃。The demonstrators rampaged through the town centre, leaving chaos in their wake (= behind them).示威者狂乱地冲过市中心，队伍过后留下一片狼藉。If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it.紧紧跟随，作为……结果Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks.昨天的炸弹袭击之后，机场保安特别严密。
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