backwater是什么意思

2023-11-30 03:19:16

backwater

美[bækwɔːtər] 英[bækwɔːtə(r)]

n. 回水；回水河汊；穷乡僻壤

近义词：backwoods，sticks，thebackofbeyond，boondocks，provincial，

Noun

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

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 arent any good shops in this village, its 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。