backwater
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbæk.wɔː.tər]
- 美式音标 [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]
- 国际音标 ['bæk,wɔ:tə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 回水；死水；停滞不进的状态或地方
同根派生
英汉例句
- Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世纪60年代还是一片死气沉沉。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。 - I find this town too much of a backwater.
我觉得这个城镇太闭塞. - Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英国有变成在世界上没有真正影响力的政治死水之虞。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。
词组短语
- backwater function 壅水函数
- backwater surface 回水面
- backwater area 回水区;回水面积
- backwater trip 搭乘椰林游河
- Backwater Gulch 死水峡谷;后水峡谷
短语
英英字典
- a part of a river where the water does not flow
- A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.
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专业释义
- 回水
- 回水
- 死水
- 顶水