slipstream

名詞

可算名詞不可算名詞広義比喩的用法

日本語の意味

高速で移動する物体の直後に形成される、乱流によって生じる低圧域 / 比喩的に、先行する物体が生み出す、前進を容易にする有利な状況や効果

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The cyclist rode carefully in the car's slipstream to conserve energy but stayed alert for crosswinds.

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その自転車選手はエネルギーを節約するために車の後方にできる乱流による低圧領域に慎重に入ったが、横風に備えて警戒を続けた。

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意味（1）

The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.

Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.

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意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.

The Republicans, who in fact quintessentially represent what I understand to be private and special interests of a narrow economic kind, have nevertheless managed, flying in the slipstream of Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric, to look like the true guardians of the nation’s public interest.

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