jerk-water

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

A branch line train, using light equipment derogatory

— The mail was brought by a tiny "jerk-water" bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula.

形容词 adj.

Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward. US,colloquial,derogatory

— That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime."
Railroads with low traffic. US,colloquial,derogatory

— He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad.

jerk-waters plural more jerk-water comparative most jerk-water superlative

近义词

See: Thesaurus:remote place