| 单词 | jerkwater |
| 释义 | jerkwater /jerrk"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/, adj. 1. Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town. 2. (formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train. n. 3. (formerly) a train not running on the main line. [1875-80, Amer.; JERK1 + WATER; so called from the jerking (i.e., drawing) of water to fill buckets for supplying a steam locomotive] |
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