jerkwater

1.a jerkwater town.

偏小镇

2.jerkwater notions.

浅薄志向

3.some jerkwater town.

某偏乡镇。

4.a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns.

狭小学院；经过了连串偏远小城镇。

5.A hopeless, jerkwater town where mustard is turned out in carload lots, in vats and tuns and barrels and pots and cute looking little jars.

这是无希望小镇，那儿出产芥未多得车载斗量，大桶，小桶，罐子和精致大口瓶里都盛着芥末。