| 单词 | aftermath |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['ɑ:ftəmæθ] |
| 解释 | n. 事件的后果，余波 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.事件的后果，余波 (a unpleasant result or consequence) |
| 字源 | aftermath (n.) 1520s, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested, from after + -math, a dialectal word, from Old English mæð "a mowing, cutting of grass" (see math (n.2)). Figurative sense by 1650s. Compare French regain "aftermath," from re- + Old French gain, gaain "grass which grows in meadows that have been mown," from a Germanic source similar to Old High German weida "grass, pasture" |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (尤指灾难或不幸)事件的后果, 余波; 灾后时期(灾难性事件后的一段时期) 【例】famine as an aftermath of drought 旱灾后是饥荒in the aftermath of war 战后时期 【记】after以后, ma拼: 马, th读: 死－马死以后. 在香港赌马特容易受骗. 我有一次根据《马经》精心挑选了的一匹"quot;阿伏特马嘶"quot;竟然在赛场上暴毙, 害的我损失惨重. 当然, 事情不会这样快的结束, 事件的后果、余波, 还有待进一步的追踪报导. 据说是有人赛假马! |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】after + math = result，在数学（运算，处理）后会有什么？会得到结果 |
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