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单词 boondocks
释义 boondocks
 /boohn"doks'/,  n.   (used with a pl. v.)
  1. an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, as a backwoods or marsh (usually prec. by the).
  2. a remote rural area (usually prec. by the): The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.
 [1940-45, Amer.; < Tagalog bundok mountain + -S3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)]
 Syn. 2. back country, backwoods, provinces; boonies, sticks.
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