boonies

FREQ #40108

[俚]郊区, 远离城市的原野

发音

/ˈbuːniz/

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Boondocks.

    美国 非正式 仅复数 俚语

词源

Clipping of boondocks + -ies, as if a singular *boony (“remote place (singular)”). It was shortened as such by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.

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