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backwater    音标拼音: [b'ækw,ɔtɚ]
n. 死水,滞水,停滞,回水

死水,滞水,停滞,回水

backwater
n 1: a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by
being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and
backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
2: a place or condition in which no development or progress is
occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"

Backwater \Back"wa`ter\, n. [Back, a. or adv. -water. ]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused
by an obstruction.
[1913 Webster]

3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
[1913 Webster]

108 Moby Thesaurus words for "backwater":
Charybdis, Maelstrom, abjure, arrest, back, back away, back down,
back off, back out, back stream, back up, backcountry, backflow,
backpedal, backtrack, backtrail, backwash, backwoods, boondocks,
brake, bush, check, climb down, clip the wings, countercurrent,
counterflow, counterflux, countermarch, crawfish out, cry off,
curb, decelerate, delay, deny, detain, disavow, disclaim, disown,
dodge, draw rein, duck, ease off, ease up, eat crow,
eat humble pie, eddy, elude, evade, forswear, get around,
go astern, go into reverse, gulf, gurge, hinterland, hold back,
hold in check, hold up, impede, keep back, let down, let up,
lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, maelstrom, make sternway,
moderate, obstruct, recant, reef, refluence, reflux, regurgitation,
rein in, relax, renege, renounce, repudiate, resile, retard,
retract, reverse, revoke, set back, shirk, sidestep, slack off,
slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, stay, sticks, swallow,
swirl, take back, take in sail, throttle down, twirl, unsay,
up-country, vortex, welsh, whirl, whirlpool, withdraw

BACK-WATER. That water in a stream which, in consequence of some obstruction
below, is detained or checked in its course, or reflows.
2. Every riparian owner is entitled to the benefit of the water in its
natural state. Whenever, therefore, the owner of land dams or impedes the
water in such a manner as to back it on his neighbor above, he is liable to
an action; for no one has a right to alter the level of the water, either
where it enters, or where it leaves his property. 9 Co. 59; 1 B. & Ald. 258;
1 Wils. R. 178; 6 East, R. 203; 1 S. & Stu. 190.; 4 Day, R. 244; 7 Cowen, R.
266; 1 Rawle, R. 218; 5 N. R. Rep. 232; 9 Mass. R. 316; 7 Pick. R. 198; 4
Mason, R. 400; 1 Rawle, R. 27; 2 John. Ch. R. 162, 463; 1 Coxe's. R. 460.
Vide, Dam; Inundation; Water-course; and 5 Ohio R. 322.

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  • BACKWATER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of BACKWATER is water backed up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide How to use backwater in a sentence
  • Backwater (river) - Wikipedia
    When a section of a river is near the coast or another feature that sets its base level, the section influenced by the conditions at its mouth is termed a backwater
  • BACKWATER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    BACKWATER definition: 1 a part of a river where the water does not flow: 2 a place that does not change because it is… Learn more
  • BACKWATER Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    BACKWATER definition: water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide See examples of backwater used in a sentence
  • BACKWATER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    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
  • backwater noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of backwater noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English
  • Backwater - definition of backwater by The Free Dictionary
    A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business" (Business Week)
  • Backwater - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    Backwater is water that’s stagnant and out of the current It’s a still pool created by a dam or a curve in the river If a small town is described as backwater, then not much happens or changes there The word backwater has been around since the 14th Century meaning “water behind a dam ”
  • Backwater Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    backwater (noun) backwater ˈ bækˌwɑːtɚ noun plural backwaters Britannica Dictionary definition of BACKWATER [count] 1 : a part of a river where the water moves slowly because it is away from the main part of the river
  • BACKWATER | MLB
    Don’t want to make your own food? We’ve got you covered there too Here at Backwater we make things fresh, in house, every day Our food is sourced primarily from the state of Florida, our pork is smoked in house, our shrimp comes from our coast and our alligator is processed ten minutes away





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