英语词汇“jerkwater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	jerkwater
释义	jerkwater [ jurk-waw-ter, -wot-er ] / ˈdʒɜrkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər / adjective Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town. (formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train. noun (formerly) a train not running on the main line. Origin of jerkwater 1875–80, Americanism;jerk¹ + water; so called from the jerking (i.e., drawing) of water to fill buckets for supplying a steam locomotive Words nearby jerkwater jerk, jerk around, jerkin, jerkinhead, jerk-off, jerkwater, jerky, jerky nystagmus, Jerne, Jeroboam, Jerold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jerkwater He's never been out of a jerkwater burg in his life, hardly. Free Air\|Sinclair Lewis He'd make more dough if he owned the local garage and dealer franchise for one of the automobile companies in some jerkwater town. The Common Man\|Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds) They came from Chicago and jerkwater towns in Nebraska, from farms and steel mills, from the stage and the pulpit. Land of the Burnt Thigh\|Edith Eudora Kohl British Dictionary definitions for jerkwater jerkwater / (ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔːtə) / adjective US and Canadian slang inferior and insignificanta jerkwater town Word Origin for jerkwater C19: originally referring to railway locomotives for which water was taken on in buckets from streams along the route Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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