backwater
noun[C]
uk/ˈbæk.wɔː.tər/us/ˈbæk.wɑː.t̬ɚ/apartof ariverwhere thewaterdoes notflow:
回水，滞水Wetiedtheboatup in aquietbackwaterovernight.我们在一个静寂的回水处把船系好过夜。
disapproving
aplacethat does notchangebecause it is notinfluencedby newideasoreventsthathappenin otherplaces:
死气沉沉的地方；闭塞的地方Hegrewup in aruralbackwater.他在闭塞落后的乡村长大。
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Parts of watercourses
- artesian well
- basin
- confluence
- delta
- drainage basin
- estuarine
- firth
- geyser
- head
- interbasin
- interchannel
- lock
- lock-keeper
- meander
- mooring
- reach
- spring
- tributary
- water table
- weir
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