3325英語網(wǎng) 英語單詞
Backwater的音標(biāo)發(fā)音
Backwater
英式發(fā)音：['b?kw??t?] or ['b?kw?t?]
美式發(fā)音
(noun.) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; 'the country is an economic backwater'.
(noun.) a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; 'the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos'.
校對:維多利亞
雙語例句
- Desert Arabia was in a theological backwater. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This is what he says: 'MY DEAR Mr. SHERLOCK HOLMES:--Lord Backwater tells me that I may place implicit reliance upon your judgment and discretion. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It was found disadvantageous to have an entire convolution of the thread of the screw; for one part of it worked in the wake of the other, and resistance was produced by the backwater. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實(shí).
- Lord Backwater's Desborough. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- In half an hour we had reached Pitt Street, a quiet little backwater just beside one of the briskest currents of London life. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- And the problem of a forecast is complicated by the possibilities of interludes and backwaters. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
校對:惠特尼