English Dictionary

jerk-water

形容詞

アメリカ英語 口語 軽蔑的

(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward. / (US, colloquial, derogatory, rail transport) Railroads with low traffic.

日本語の意味

（米国俗語、蔑称）人が住んでいる地域について、小さく、孤立していて、発展途上または時代遅れな場所。 / （米国俗語、蔑称、鉄道輸送に関する用法）交通量が極めて少ない鉄道路線

We took a wrong turn and ended up in a jerk-water town where the main street shut down at six and the only store sold canned goods.

道を一本間違えて、とても辺鄙で立ち遅れた町に迷い込んでしまい、メインストリートは午後6時には閉まり、唯一の店では缶詰しか売っていなかった。

意味（1）

(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward.

That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime."

意味（2）

(US, colloquial, derogatory, rail transport) Railroads with low traffic.

He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad.

more jerk-water （ comparative ）

most jerk-water （ superlative ）