Backwater

['bækwɔːtə] or ['bækwɔtɚ]

解释:

(noun.) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; 'the country is an economic backwater'.

(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'.

校对:维多利亚--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

(n.) An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

(n.) Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

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