jerkwater

英['dʒɜːkˌwɔːtə] 美['dʒɜːkˌwɔːtə]
  • adj. 离开干线的;支线的;乡下的
  • jerk v.急动;猛拉n.猛拉;急动;笨蛋;蠢人adj.颠簸不稳的
  • jerkin n.男用无袖短上衣;短上衣
  • jerkiness n.急动;抽筋
  • jerkwater adj.离开干线的;支线的;乡下的
  • jerky adj.急动的;颠簸的n.肉干
Adjective:
  1. small and remote and insignificant;

    "a jerkwater college"
    "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

1. A hopeless, jerkwater town where mustard is turned out in carload lots, in vats and tuns and barrels and pots and cute looking little jars.
这是一个毫无希望的小镇,那儿出产的芥未多得车载斗量,大桶,小桶,罐子和精致的大口瓶里都盛着芥末。

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2. A hopeless, jerkwater town where mustard is turned out in carload lots, in vats and tuns and barrels and pots and cute looking little jars.
这是一个毫无希望的小镇,那儿出产的芥未多得车载斗量,大桶,小桶,罐子和精致的大口瓶里都盛着芥末。

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