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单词 slipstream
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
slip•stream  (slip′strēm′),USA pronunciation n. Also, slip′ stream′. 
  1. Aeronauticsthe airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Cf. backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 35).
  2. the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.

v.i. 
  1. to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle.
  • slip1 + stream 1910–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
slipstream /ˈslɪpˌstriːm/ n

  1. Also called: airstream, race the stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller
  2. a stream of air behind any moving object
 vb
  1. to follow (another car, etc) closely in order to take advantage of the decreased wind resistance immediately behind it
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