jerkwater

a. 微小的

发音

US /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/
AU

词形变化

jerkwaters 复数 jerkwaters more jerkwater 比较级 most jerkwater 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A train on a branch line.

    美国 历史
  2. 2.

    A jerkwater town.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.

    美国 非正式 贬义

词汇关系

形容词

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近义相关 1

provincial

相关短语

jerkwater town jerkwater towns

词源

From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana).

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