backwater
UK/'bæk.wɒ:tә/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A remote, isolated place where little happens or where progress has stopped
闭塞落后的地方，停滞之地
n.
Still water held back out of the main current of a river
回水，死水
Root Breakdown
Native English=backwater
back + water = water pushed back out of the main current, left still and stagnant. Because such water goes nowhere, a backwater became a metaphor for a sleepy, left-behind place where nothing progresses.
Root back still carries 10 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.a rural backwater乡村僻壤
- 2.a sleepy backwater沉寂的小地方
- 3.an economic backwater经济落后地区
Example Sentences
- 1.
The town was once a forgotten backwater with no industry at all.
- 2.
He grew up in a rural backwater far from any city.