backwater

英 ['bækwɔːtə(r)] 美 ['bækwɔːtər]

• n. 回水；回水河汊；穷乡僻壤

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

2. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring;

   "the country is an economic backwater"
   

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。

词汇搭配

• backwater distance 回水距离
• backwater gate 逆流防止门,防倒灌闸...
• tidal backwater 潮水顶托
• backwater function 回水函数
• backwater pump 回水泵
• backwater suppressor 回水制止设备...
• backwater valve 止回阀
• backwater length 回水长度
• backwater effect 回水作用,回水影响...
• backwater zone 回水区
• backwater trap 回水存水弯
• backwater slope 回水坡度
• backwater storage 回水库容
• reservoir backwater 水库回水
• backwater curve 回水曲线
• back water 划倒桨(退回原来立场...

近反义词

【近义词】

• backwoods 未开垦地
• sticks 偏远的乡村
• the back of beyond 极远的地方(天涯海角...
• boondocks 森林地带
• provincial 省的