slipstream
/slip-streem/US // ˈslɪpˌstrim //UK // (ˈslɪpˌstriːm) //
滑流,滑行,滑水,溜流
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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Also slip stream .
- : Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller.Compare backwash, wash.
- : the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.
v.无主动词 verb
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- : to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle.
Examples
The Darkside record was an opportunity to attempt to shut off his brain and lose himself in the slipstream.
Even smaller ad tech vendors have been swept up in the slipstream.
Inevitably, 007 ends up alone before—a nice, concluding touch—disappearing into the slipstream of a Sunday morning.
With a rush, and a spinning of dust in the slipstream, the ship was away.
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