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单词 backwater
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backwater
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Backwater is water that’s stagnant and out of the current. It’s a still pool created by a dam or a curve in the river. If a small town is described as backwater, then not much happens or changes there.
The word backwater has been around since the 14th Century meaning “water behind a dam.” Now it refers to any flat water, not just the water behind a dam. Backwater can also describe a place or situation that seems stuck in a rut, unmoved by current events. Literally, backwater is water that’s away from the current; figuratively, backwater is a place that’s away from current events.
WORD FAMILY
backwater: backwaters
USAGE EXAMPLES
China is no longer the poor backwater it was in 1972.
Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016)
The location is in Itaguaí, a rural backwater with a tradition of imported esoteric activities.
The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016)
Before the war, book publishing was a business backwater.
The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016)
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n 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
Hyper
body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
2
n a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
the country is an economic backwater
Hyper
region
a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
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