backwater

backwater读音音标

英 [ˈbækwɔ:tə(r)]

美 [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]

backwater意思解释

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

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.)Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.有些人在回水河汊玩水球。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。I find this town too much of a backwater.我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。