adj.离开干线的；支线的；乡下的
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. 这是一个毫无希望的小镇，那儿出产的芥未多得车载斗量，大桶，小桶，罐子和精致的大口瓶里都盛着芥末。
a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns. 狭小的学院；经过了一连串偏远的小城镇。
relative to elite architecture, the representative character of civilian architecture is repeating?earthy?jerkwater?vulgar. 相对于精英建筑，平民建筑表现出的典型特征是可复制的?朴实的?微小的?低俗的。
a jerkwater person 无足轻重的人
a jerkwater train 慢车
