aftermath: [16] Originally, and literally, an aftermath was a second crop of grass or similar grazing vegetation, grown after an earlier crop in the same season had been harvested. Already by the mid 17th century it had taken on the figurative connotations of ‘resulting condition’ which are today its only living sense. The -math element comes from Old English mǣth ‘mowing’, a noun descended from the Germanic base *mǣ, source of English mow. => mow
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 Frankish or some other Germanic source similar to Old High German weida "grass, pasture"
双语例句
1. A lot of rebuilding took place in the aftermath of the war.
战后进行了大量的重建工作。
来自《权威词典》
2. In the aftermath of the hurricane, many people's homes were destroyed.
飓风的后果是许多人的房屋被毁.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. In the immediate aftermath of the riots, a mood of hope and reconciliation sprang up.
暴乱过后紧接着出现了期待未来与盼望和解的气氛。
来自柯林斯例句
4. This old gentleman is to deal with the aftermath of the traffic accident.
这位老先生负责处理这次车祸的善后工作.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as "Middle Asia and Kazakhstan".
