aftermath

英語

The aftermath of a storm and flood.

詞源

源自after- +‎ math (「割草」)。

發音

• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈæf.tɚ.ˌmæθ/
• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɑːf.tə.ˌmɑːθ/、國際音標^(幫助): /ˈæf.tə.ˌmæθ/

• （美）音頻：

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名詞

aftermath (複數 aftermaths)

1. (棄用，農業) （同一個季節收割草以後長出的）第二波草
   • 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

     They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.

2. （災難後造成的）餘波，損害，後果

   In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

相關詞彙

• beforemath

異序詞

• hamfatter