Backwater
['bækwɔːtə] or ['bækwɔtɚ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:维多利亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
手打:斯坦
例句/造句/用法:
- Desert Arabia was in a theological backwater. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This is what he says: 'MY DEAR Mr. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It was found disadvantageous to have an entire convolution of the thread of the screw; for one part of it worked in the wake of the other, and resistance was produced by the backwater. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Lord Backwater's Desborough. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- In half an hour we had reached Pitt Street, a quiet little backwater just beside one of the briskest currents of London life. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- And the problem of a forecast is complicated by the possibilities of interludes and backwaters. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
校對:惠特尼