jerkwater

形容词 jerkwater:

1. small and remote and insignificant
   同义词：one-horse, pokey, poky

jerk.wa.ter

adj.Informal （形容词）【非正式用语】
Remote, small, and insignificant:
偏远的：偏僻的、小的且不重要的：
例句：
a jerkwater town.
偏僻的小镇

Contemptibly trivial:
无足轻重的：
例句：
jerkwater notions.
浅薄的志向

来源：
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 [铁路支线，之所以这样称呼是因为火车的小汽缸需要经常加水，要求火车乘务员供水或从河中抽水添入汽缸]