backwater

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
    — […] The backwater separates the main line from Hinksey marshalling yards
  2. A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place. figuratively,idiomatic,usually
    — Near-synonyms: (place) jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk; see also Thesaurus:remote place
  3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
  4. Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
    — The back-water (overflow) can be used for "thinning down" the chests when emptying. If "Wastive" does this, his mind will be at ease regarding waste of pulp, and his machine-men will be happy and do their work much better than by trying to use all the back-water on the paper machine.
动词 v.
  1. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
  2. To vacillate on a long-held position. idiomatic

词形变化

backwaters plural back water alternative back-water alternative backwaters present,singular,third-person backwatering participle,present backwatered participle,past backwatered past back water alternative back-water alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
backwaterish

词源

词源 1
From back + water.
词源 2
From back + water.
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