Simplified Chinese Meaning of backwater

死水

Other Simplified Chinese words related to 死水

Definitions and Meaning of backwater in English

Wordnet

backwater (n)

a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam

a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring

Webster

backwater (n.)

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

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死水

a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam, a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurr

荒郊野外,乡下,灌木,国家,乡村,边境,腹地,澳大利亚内陆,郊区,偏远地区

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backwash => 回流, backwards => 反向, backwardness => 落后性, backwardly => 向后, backwardation => 逆价差,