形容詞 jerkwater:

1. small and remote and insignificant
   同義詞：one-horse, pokey, poky

jerk.wa.ter

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語(yǔ)】
Remote, small, and insignificant:
偏遠(yuǎn)的：偏僻的、小的且不重要的：
例句：
a jerkwater town.
偏僻的小鎮(zhèn)

Contemptibly trivial:
無(wú)足輕重的：
例句：
jerkwater notions.
淺薄的志向

來(lái)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 [鐵路支線，之所以這樣稱呼是因?yàn)榛疖嚨男∑仔枰?jīng)常加水，要求火車乘務(wù)員供水或從河中抽水添入汽缸]