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jerkwater

美['dʒɜːkˌwɔːtə]  英['dʒɜːkˌwɔːtə]
adj.  离开干线的;支线的;乡下的
  近义词:poky,pokey,one-horse,

英英释义

Adjective
  1. small and remote and insignificant;

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

例句

  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。
  2. a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns. 狭小的学院;经过了一连串偏远的小城镇。
  3. relative to elite architecture, the representative character of civilian architecture is repeating?earthy?jerkwater?vulgar. 相对于精英建筑,平民建筑表现出的典型特征是可复制的?朴实的?微小的?低俗的。
  4. a jerkwater person 无足轻重的人
  5. a jerkwater train 慢车
  6. a jerkwater town 小镇
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