n. 回水,回流;滞水,死水;闭塞的地方;不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方
v. 倒开船;食言
网络 死水; 回水处; 回水河汊
The state´s high schools remain an educational backwater where dropout rates are rising.
该州的高中仍旧是教育封闭落后之所,辍学率在上升。
Here´s our backwater at last, where we´re going to lunch.
我们终于到水河汊了,我们要在这儿吃午饭。
I came up this backwater to try and get a moment´s peace, and then stumble upon you fellows!
我来到这水河汊,想要得到片刻的安宁,却偶遇了你们这些家伙!
Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.
有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
Today the backwater has turned into Niagara Falls.
在今天,那过去的一潭死水已蜕变为尼亚加拉瀑布。