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backwater
UK ['bæk.wɔ:.tər] US [-wɑ:.tˌɚ] noun countable
■a part of a river where the water does not flow 死水，回水，滞水•We tied the boat up in a quiet backwater overnight.我们在一个静水处把船系好后过夜。 ■disapproving
■a place which is not influenced by new ideas or events that happen in other places, and which does not change 与世隔绝的地方；落后的地方•He grew up in a rural backwater.他在落后的乡村长大。 Compare jerkwater |