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backwater

英 ['bækwɔːtə] 美['bækwɔtɚ]
  • n. 回水;死水;停滞不进的状态或地方

英英释意


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