backwater 音标拼音: [b'ækw
, ɔtɚ]
n . 死水,滞水,停滞,回水
死水,滞水,停滞,回水
backwater n 1 :
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 "
2 :
a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring ; "
the country is an economic backwater "
Backwater \
Back "
wa `
ter \,
n . [
Back ,
a .
or adv . -
water . ]
1 .
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction ,
an opposing current ,
or the flow of the tide ,
as in a sewer or river channel ,
or across a river bar .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands ,
caused by an obstruction .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel ,
or by the paddle wheels of a steamer .
[
1913 Webster ]
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
backwater ":
Charybdis ,
Maelstrom ,
abjure ,
arrest ,
back ,
back away ,
back down ,
back off ,
back out ,
back stream ,
back up ,
backcountry ,
backflow ,
backpedal ,
backtrack ,
backtrail ,
backwash ,
backwoods ,
boondocks ,
brake ,
bush ,
check ,
climb down ,
clip the wings ,
countercurrent ,
counterflow ,
counterflux ,
countermarch ,
crawfish out ,
cry off ,
curb ,
decelerate ,
delay ,
deny ,
detain ,
disavow ,
disclaim ,
disown ,
dodge ,
draw rein ,
duck ,
ease off ,
ease up ,
eat crow ,
eat humble pie ,
eddy ,
elude ,
evade ,
forswear ,
get around ,
go astern ,
go into reverse ,
gulf ,
gurge ,
hinterland ,
hold back ,
hold in check ,
hold up ,
impede ,
keep back ,
let down ,
let up ,
lose ground ,
lose momentum ,
lose speed ,
maelstrom ,
make sternway ,
moderate ,
obstruct ,
recant ,
reef ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regurgitation ,
rein in ,
relax ,
renege ,
renounce ,
repudiate ,
resile ,
retard ,
retract ,
reverse ,
revoke ,
set back ,
shirk ,
sidestep ,
slack off ,
slack up ,
slacken ,
slow ,
slow down ,
slow up ,
stay ,
sticks ,
swallow ,
swirl ,
take back ,
take in sail ,
throttle down ,
twirl ,
unsay ,
up -
country ,
vortex ,
welsh ,
whirl ,
whirlpool ,
withdraw BACK -
WATER .
That water in a stream which ,
in consequence of some obstruction below ,
is detained or checked in its course ,
or reflows .
2 .
Every riparian owner is entitled to the benefit of the water in its natural state .
Whenever ,
therefore ,
the owner of land dams or impedes the water in such a manner as to back it on his neighbor above ,
he is liable to an action ;
for no one has a right to alter the level of the water ,
either where it enters ,
or where it leaves his property .
9 Co .
59 ;
1 B . &
Ald .
258 ;
1 Wils .
R .
178 ;
6 East ,
R .
203 ;
1 S . &
Stu .
190 .;
4 Day ,
R .
244 ;
7 Cowen ,
R .
266 ;
1 Rawle ,
R .
218 ;
5 N .
R .
Rep .
232 ;
9 Mass .
R .
316 ;
7 Pick .
R .
198 ;
4 Mason ,
R .
400 ;
1 Rawle ,
R .
27 ;
2 John .
Ch .
R .
162 ,
463 ;
1 Coxe '
s .
R .
460 .
Vide ,
Dam ;
Inundation ;
Water -
course ;
and 5 Ohio R .
322 .
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