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backwater
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural backwaters
plural backwaters
Learner's definition of BACKWATER
[count]
1
: a part of a river where the water moves slowly because it is away from the main part of the river（河流的）滞水，壅水，回水
2
: a quiet place (such as a town or village) where there is little activity, excitement, progress, etc.死气沉沉的地方；闭塞落后的地方
- The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city.那个曾经沉寂的闭塞之地现已成为繁华的都市。
- a cultural backwater文化落后地区
backwater
noun
back·wa·ter ˈbak-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
1
a
: water backed up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide
b
: a body of water (such as an inlet or tributary) that is out of the main current of a larger body
2
a
: an isolated or backward place or condition
b
: an unpopular or unimportant field (as of study or business)
Example Sentences
The once sleepy backwater is now a thriving city. a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time
Recent Examples on the Web The American dollar, despite being the world’s reserve currency, is an aesthetic backwater. 
Christopher Bonanos, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 The 1,250-acre preserve re-creates a riparian backwater zone that once lined much of the river. AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022 This is the part of California, after all, that Joan Didion famously dissed as a cultureless backwater, where the local historical society celebrates the orange grove owners, and not the people like my parents, who harvested the fruit. New York Times, 14 June 2022 The move comes as industrial innovation, once a backwater for investment, has become an increasingly hot area with dozens of new companies springing up to improve warehousing and logistics, as well as introduce technologies on the factory floor. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Reproductive aging, by contrast, has long been an academic backwater. Megan Molteni, STAT, 23 July 2022 Quite the claim about a place that’s frequently been lamented by outsiders as being too Mormon, too white, too conservative, too backwater. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022 The senator claimed the city had failed to install a concrete sub-base under the asphalt and fill the excavation with road slurry, resulting in a sinkhole, the sewer collapsing and causing backwater at her property. Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 The Gulf state, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has grown from a desert backwater into the region’s second-biggest economy, in part based on its status as a global tax-haven for both individuals and companies. Rory Jones, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022 See More
Christopher Bonanos, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 The 1,250-acre preserve re-creates a riparian backwater zone that once lined much of the river. AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022 This is the part of California, after all, that Joan Didion famously dissed as a cultureless backwater, where the local historical society celebrates the orange grove owners, and not the people like my parents, who harvested the fruit. New York Times, 14 June 2022 The move comes as industrial innovation, once a backwater for investment, has become an increasingly hot area with dozens of new companies springing up to improve warehousing and logistics, as well as introduce technologies on the factory floor. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Reproductive aging, by contrast, has long been an academic backwater. Megan Molteni, STAT, 23 July 2022 Quite the claim about a place that’s frequently been lamented by outsiders as being too Mormon, too white, too conservative, too backwater. Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022 The senator claimed the city had failed to install a concrete sub-base under the asphalt and fill the excavation with road slurry, resulting in a sinkhole, the sewer collapsing and causing backwater at her property. Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2022 The Gulf state, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has grown from a desert backwater into the region’s second-biggest economy, in part based on its status as a global tax-haven for both individuals and companies. Rory Jones, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1629, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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