n.回水;回水河汊;穷乡僻壤
Some were playing water-polo in the backwater. 有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
There aren't any good shops in this village, it's a real backwater. 在这村庄没有任何一间好的商店,真的是闭塞落后的地方。
I find this town too much of a backwater. 我觉得这个城镇太闭塞。