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词汇 podunk
释义 Podunk
adjective
USinformal sometimes offensive(alsopodunk)uk /ˈpəʊ.dʌŋk/ us /ˈpoʊ.dʌŋk/
(of a place, especially in the countryside) considered poor and unimportant:
The movie follows the adventures of three New York drag queens after their car breaks down in a Podunk town.
If you're from a little podunk place a long way from anywhere, you will understand what I'm talking about.
from or in a place, especially in the countryside, that is considered poor and unimportant:
We are just a little Podunk band.
The yard looks like the infield of a podunk race track.
Every podunk American local TV station has weather radar that shows the exact location of incoming storms.
having a simple way of life, usually living in the countryside, and considered to be slightly stupid by people living in towns and cities:
People here feel like they've been made out to be Podunk and hillbilly.
simple and usually not skilfully made:
It's a grand building, not just some podunk, slapped-together thing.
If you're 18, you don't want to show up somewhere on a little Podunk bike.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Towns & regions: the countryside
AONB
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
backcountry
countrified
countryman
countrywoman
cross-country
greenfield
greenfield site
hillbilly
hinterland
land
redneck
rural
rusticity
stick
upstate
wild
woodsy
yokel

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Distant in space and time
Crude and basic
Podunk
noun
USinformal sometimes offensive(alsopodunk)uk /ˈpəʊ.dʌŋk/ us /ˈpoʊ.dʌŋk/
[ C or U ]
a place, especially in the countryside, that is considered poor and unimportant:
I should have been out of this Podunk years ago.
Even if you're living in Podunk, with the internet you can still be in touch with people in the big cities.
He agrees to take a job coaching football in a Texas podunk.
[ C ]
someone who has a simple way of life, usually lives in the countryside, and is considered to be slightly stupid by people living in towns and cities:
They're just a bunch of podunks who don't know much about politics.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Towns & regions: the countryside
AONB
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
backcountry
countrified
countryman
countrywoman
cross-country
greenfield
greenfield site
hillbilly
hinterland
land
redneck
rural
rusticity
stick
upstate
wild
woodsy
yokel

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