backwater
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?b?k.w??.t?r]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?b?k?w?t?, -?wɑt?]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['b?k,w?:t?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 回水；死水；停滯不進(jìn)的狀態(tài)或地方
英漢例句
- Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世紀(jì)60年代還是一片死氣沉沉。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
說北愛爾蘭是現(xiàn)代歐洲死氣沉沉的落后地區(qū)已是陳詞濫調(diào)了。 - I find this town too much of a backwater.
我覺得這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)太閉塞. - Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英國(guó)有變成在世界上沒有真正影響力的政治死水之虞。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
說北愛爾蘭是現(xiàn)代歐洲死氣沉沉的落后地區(qū)已是陳詞濫調(diào)了。
詞組短語
- backwater function 壅水函數(shù)
- backwater surface 回水面
- backwater area 回水區(qū);回水面積
- backwater trip 搭乘椰林游河
- Backwater Gulch 死水峽谷;后水峽谷
短語
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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專業(yè)釋義
- 回水
- 回水
- 死水
- 頂水