backwater
英 [ˈbækwɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]

n.

回水，回流；滞水，死水；闭塞的地方；不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方

v.

倒开船；食言；

变形

复数：backwaters

英英释义

backwater[ 'bæk,wɔ:tə ]

• n.
  • a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

    "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

  • any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.
   有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
2. There aren't any good shops in this village, it's a real backwater.
   在这村庄没有任何一间好的商店，真的是闭塞落后的地方。
3. I find this town too much of a backwater.
   我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。

权威例句

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Backwater valve seat protector
Backwater effects in the Amazon River basin of Brazil
Hydrobiology of the Cochin backwater system – a review
Country backwater to virtual village? Rural studies and ‘the cultural turn’ ☆
Nutrients of the Cochin Backwater in relation to environmental characteristics
Numerical competence: From backwater to mainstream of comparative psychology
Shock Fitting of Aggradational Profiles Due to Backwater
Population studies of three aquatic gastropods in an intermittent backwater
Movement of fish between a river and its backwater: diel activity and relation to environmental gradients
Temporal food web variability in an upper Missouri River backwater: energy origination points and transfer mechanisms