adj.離開(kāi)干線(xiàn)的；支線(xiàn)的；鄉(xiāng)下的

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. 這是一個(gè)毫無(wú)希望的小鎮(zhèn)，那兒出產(chǎn)的芥未多得車(chē)載斗量，大桶，小桶，罐子和精致的大口瓶里都盛著芥末。

a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns. 狹小的學(xué)院；經(jīng)過(guò)了一連串偏遠(yuǎn)的小城鎮(zhèn)。

relative to elite architecture, the representative character of civilian architecture is repeating?earthy?jerkwater?vulgar. 相對(duì)于精英建筑，平民建筑表現(xiàn)出的典型特征是可復(fù)制的?樸實(shí)的?微小的?低俗的。

a jerkwater person 無(wú)足輕重的人

a jerkwater train 慢車(chē)