backwater
n.
late 14c., "water behind a dam," from back, adj. + water, n.1. Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899.
| 词汇 | backwater |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary backwater n. late 14c., "water behind a dam," from back, adj. + water, n.1. Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899. |
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