单词乎

jerkwater

音标['dʒә:kwɒ:tә]

汉语翻译

a. 微小的

英语解释

形容词 jerkwater:

  1. small and remote and insignificant
    同义词:one-horse, pokey, poky

详细解释


jerk.wa.ter

adj.Informal (形容词)【非正式用语】
Remote, small, and insignificant:
偏远的:偏僻的、小的且不重要的:
例句:
a jerkwater town.
偏僻的小镇

Contemptibly trivial:
无足轻重的:
例句:
jerkwater notions.
浅薄的志向


来源:
From jerkwater [a branch-line train, so called because its small boiler had to be refilled often, requiring train crews to .jerk. or draw water from streams]
源自 jerkwater [铁路支线,之所以这样称呼是因为火车的小汽缸需要经常加水,要求火车乘务员供水或从河中抽水添入汽缸]


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