单词	backwater
释义	backwater /ˈbakwɔːtə / noun 1A part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant: the eels inhabit backwaters... They inhabit swift streams, the backwaters of large rivers, brackish lagoons, and potholes. Suddenly, without warning, water came at them from two sides - the sea on one side, and stagnant, filthy water from a backwater on the other. Habitat of the shornosed gar includes lakes, swamps, and the calm pools and backwaters of creeks and rivers. 1.1An isolated or peaceful place: nothing spoils the tranquillity of this quiet backwater... It's an unassuming place from the street, a quiet backwater in a Wellington suburb. While portrayed in bourgeois European circles as a peaceful backwater of the English Channel, Jersey's true origins are of conquest and domination. Europe had become a quiet backwater of the world. 1.2A place or situation in which no development or progress is taking place: the country remained an economic backwater... The north cannot continue as an economic backwater. In the wake of his work, and that of his fellow mango gangsters, Miami has progressed from a culinary backwater to one of America's top 10 gastro-cities. Once an economic backwater, the country was dubbed ‘the Celtic Tiger’ in the 1990s as business took off.
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