死水的英文：
backwater
dead water
Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes
死水滋生蚊虫。
Water lying stagnant in ponds and ditches
池塘和沟中的死水.
A stagnant pool or backwater.
死水变臭的池塘或积水处
n. 死水，滞水，停滞，回水；不接受外界事件或新思想影响的地方，闭塞的地方
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。
Life in a backwater of Southern Russia has begun to grow weary for the Moscow-educated couple
死气沉沉的俄国南部生活一定使这对在莫斯科受过高等教育的夫妇感到厌烦。
The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business(Business Week).
家庭未来的趋势一直处于投资管理商务的停滞状态——尽管有有利的一面(商务周刊)。
Ago Bay is no longer a quiet backwater. Today it is a busy port surrounded by residential and tourist development
AGO BAY已不再是平静的海湾，今天它的周围是蓬勃发展的旅游业和居民区。
adj. 死的；枯的；无生命的；失效的；麻木的；已废的；完全的；沉闷的
n. 死人，死者
adv. 全然地，绝对地；直接地
Let the dead Bury the dead
往事不重提;一切向前看;过去就让它过去
Friendless is the dead
没有朋友者,等于是死人
It is a dead volcano.
那是座死火山。
Mars is a dead planet; a dead battery; dead soil; dead coals; the fire is dead.
火星是一个死星球；用完了的电池；贫瘠的土壤；熄灭了的煤；火已经熄灭了。
The dead can not be recalled to life.
死者不能复活。