backwater
英 ['b?kw??t?]
美['b?kw?t?]
- n. 回水；死水；停滯不進(jìn)的狀態(tài)或地方
英英釋意
- 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