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- a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.（螺旋桨或喷气发动机引起的）滑流, 螺旋桨尾流。
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- the partial vacuum created in the wake of a moving vehicle, often used by other vehicles in a race to assist in overtaking（行驶时车后的）低压气穴（常被其他赛车手利用超车）。
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- figurative an assisting force regarded as drawing something along behind something else〈喻〉带动力：
when the US economy booms, the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream.
美国经济繁荣时, 世界经济也被带动了。
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1- (especially in motor racing) follow closely behind another vehicle, travelling in its slipstream and awaiting an opportunity to overtake（尤指赛车）紧跟前车驶入其低压气穴（以便伺机超越）。
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- with obj. travel in the slipstream of (someone), especially in order to overtake them（尤指为超越）紧跟（某人）后面。