| 单词 | backwater |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['bækwɔ:tə(r)] |
| 解释 | n. 死水；闭塞地区 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 死水(part of a river not reached by the current) |
| 字源 | backwater (n.) late 14c., "water behind a dam," from back (adj.) + water (n.1). Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 死水(被水坝或急流止住或往回流的水); 闭塞地区(孤立的、停滞的或落后的地方) 【记】back向后, water水－向后流的水－回水, 死水 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】back water |
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