Word · Frequency #19038
Fully loadedbackwater
回水；滞水
核心释义
a body of water held or forced back by a flood, tide, or dam
- 1.
被水坝或其他障碍物阻挡的水。
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
- 2.
因洪水、潮汐或被大坝阻挡而形成的水体
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
- 3.
偏远之地:不受新事件、进展、思想等影响的地方；也指比喻上类似这样的领域。
A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
- 4.
没有发展或进步的地方或状态
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
- 5.
划桨动作,将桨向前推以停船。
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
- 6.
造纸过程中使用的水,回收以减少淡水使用,通常含有残留化学品和纤维。
Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
被水坝或其他障碍物阻挡的水。；因洪水、潮汐或被大坝阻挡而形成的水体；偏远之地:不受新事件、进展、思想等影响的地方；也指比喻上类似这样的领域。；没有发展或进步的地方或状态；划桨动作,将桨向前推以停船。
用法In use
After the flood, a shallow backwater remained in the meadow.
用法提示：此处 backwater 为名词，指洪水造成的静水。
The dam created a wide backwater behind it, where the water hardly moved.
用法提示：此处 backwater 为名词，指被大坝拦住的水域。
At high tide, the ocean rushes into the backwater beyond the sandbar.
用法提示：此处 backwater 为名词，指潮水涌入形成的水域。
the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos
the country is an economic backwater
a backwater
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a quiet backwater
- 一处宁静的回水
- The children swam in a quiet backwater of the stream.孩子们在小溪一处宁静的回水中游泳。
- a stagnant backwater
- 一潭死水
- A stagnant backwater is often covered with green algae.一潭死水常常覆盖着绿色的藻类。
- a tidal backwater
- 潮汐回水区
- Many birds feed in the tidal backwater.许多鸟儿在潮汐回水区觅食。
- backwater channel
- 回水河道
- The canoe turned into a backwater channel lined with reeds.独木舟拐进了一条长满芦苇的回水河道。
- a backwater of the river
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
backwater：水被堤坝挡回（back）积成滞水，记得 back + water 就是‘回流的水，不流动的死水’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：river、flood、dam 该词本义指回水、滞水，属中性表达，通常用于河流、洪水或水坝等场景；口语和书面语中均较常见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Backwater ends with the sound /wɔtɝ/. Genuine rhymes are water (/ˈwɔtɝ/), daughter (/ˈdɔtɝ/), and slaughter (/ˈslɔtɝ/), all sharing the stressed vowel /ɔ/ plus /tɝ/. Words starting with 'back' like backyard, backfire, and backpack look similar but are not rhymes: their stressed vowels are /ɑr/, /aɪ/, and /æ/ respectively.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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