backwater中文什么意思

n. (被阻退回的)回水，回流；逆流；循环水，再用水；死水，滞水；〔比喻〕停滞；文化落后的地方(live in a backwater 蛰居乡间)。
2.vt. 倒划，倒开船；〔美口〕放弃原来的立场；食言。

• backwater area:    回水区
• backwater curve:    回水曲线; 壅水曲线
• backwater deposit:    回水沉积

例句与用法

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1. I find this town too much of a backwater .
   我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。
2. The backwater recirculates .
   回水是反复循环。
3. Life in a backwater of southern russia has begun to grow weary for the moscow-educated couple .
   死气沉沉的俄国南部生活一定使这对在莫斯科受过高等教育的夫妇感到厌烦。
4. We still skim the backwaters of ponds and streams for the seed of betula, acer salix and populus species .
   我们仍然要在池塘的静水上和溪流中捞取桦木，槭树、杨、柳等树的种子。
5. Passing the more feverish parts of the city toward the most perfect backwater in london, he ruminated .
   穿过商业区那些比较尘嚣的部分向伦敦最僻静的街道走来时，他不禁感慨系之。

英文释义

名词

1. a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
2. 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"