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jerkwater

/jurk-waw-ter, -wot-er/US // ˈdʒɜrkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər //UK // (ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔːtə) //

撸撸水,混蛋水,撸管水,撸起袖子加油干

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
    • : off the main line: a jerkwater train.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a train not running on the main line.

Examples

  • And we can empty that pocket just as well with a little jerkwater outfit like this as we could with a big crew and a real mill.

  • He'd make more dough if he owned the local garage and dealer franchise for one of the automobile companies in some jerkwater town.

  • They came from Chicago and jerkwater towns in Nebraska, from farms and steel mills, from the stage and the pulpit.

  • He's never been out of a jerkwater burg in his life, hardly.