backwater
英['bækwɔːtə]
美['bækwɔtɚ]
- n. 回水；死水；停滞不进的状态或地方
英英释意
- 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