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backwater
[ bak-waw-ter, -wot-er ]
noun
- water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide.
- a place or state of stagnant backwardness:
This area of the country is a backwater that continues to resist progress.
- an isolated, peaceful place.
- a stroke executed by pushing a paddle forward, causing a canoe to move backward.
backwater
/ 藞产忙办藢飞蓴藧迟蓹 /
noun
- a body of stagnant water connected to a river
- water held or driven back, as by a dam, flood, or tide
- an isolated, backward, or intellectually stagnant place or condition
verb
- intr to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of backwater1
Example Sentences
Who knew there鈥檇 be so many backwater swamps, potholes and detours on the road to making America great again.
Olympics, but Southern California 鈥 which did not have a Russian Consulate 鈥 was considered a backwater in the Cold War spy game.
Conditions at these plants - many of which are in rural backwaters - can be toxic and harmful to public health, as well as potentially dangerous.
Decades of investment in infrastructure and training have taken China from a sporting backwater to a medal-winning machine that recently equalled the United States with 40 golds at the Paris Olympics.
The pyrolysis plants - often in rural backwaters - are akin to homemade pressure cookers and produce dangerous gasses and chemicals.
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