音标：['bæk,wɒ:tә]
n. 死水, 滞水, 停滞, 回水
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backwater的短语、例句：

backwater n (usu sing 通常作单数) 1 part of a river not reached by the current, where the water does not flow 死水. 2 (fig 比喻) place that remains unaffected by events, progress, new ideas, etc 不受外界的变化、进步、新观念等影响的地方; 闭塞地区
I find this town too much of a backwater. 我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.