| 单词 | in the wake of |
| 释义 | in the wake ofSEE SYNONYMS FOR in the wake of ON THESAURUS.COM Following directly on, as in In the wake of the procession, a number of small children came skipping down the aisle. This usage alludes to the waves made behind a passing vessel. [c. 1800] In the aftermath of, as a consequence of, as in Famine often comes in the wake of war. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby in the wake ofin the swim, in the teeth of, in the throes, in the twinkling of an eye, in the unlikely event, in the wake of, in the way, in the wind, in the wings, in the works, in the world The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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