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backwater
Word family
back·wa·ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [countableC]
1 FARa very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval 与世隔绝的地方，闭塞的地方〔含贬义〕
Examples from the Corpus
backwater• Instead of being a backwater, they may in fact be an avant-garde.• Surely this was nothing but a backwater to civilization?• Overnight the bond market was transformed from a backwater into a casino.• The urban street and the rural village are both, in their different ways, educational backwaters.• It has been a forgotten backwater.• Once an obscure backwater of the publishing business, computer books have gone mainstream.• It is entirely possible that our backwater of a planet is literally the only one that has ever borne life.• a sleepy backwater town
back·wa·ter noun
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
backwater
Areas and places outside of towns and cities: the back of beyond, backwater, backwoods...
Boring places and things: bore, backwater, yawn...
Parts of lakes, rivers and streams: backwater, bayou, bed...
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