boondocks

[bˈundˌɑks] /ˈbün-ˌdäks How to pronounce boondocks (audio)/ (ame, mw)

boondocks — 複數名詞

1. country districts so far from any town that they feel isolated and unfashionable

1.複數名詞C2
釋義

偏遠鄉間

離城鎮很遠、人少而冷清的地方

country districts so far from any town that they feel isolated and unfashionable

例句

After sunset, Talia's bus was the last one into the boondocks.

天黑後，Talia 搭的那班公車是最後一班開往偏遠鄉間的車。

pattern: into the boondocks

Nkechi opened a clinic in the boondocks, two hours from Lagos.

Nkechi 在離 Lagos 兩小時車程的偏遠鄉間開了一間診所。

pattern: in the boondocks

同義詞
  • the sticks

    more humorous and even more conversational

  • backwoods

    often suggests wooded country rather than any remote rural place

  • backcountry

    common in outdoor writing and less mocking in tone

  • countryside

    neutral and does not itself imply isolation

反義詞
  • city

    suggests a large built-up place with more services and activity

  • suburbs

    residential areas near a city rather than far from it

文法句型

in the boondocks

out in the boondocks

way off in the boondocks

用法筆記

Usually used with the and often with in or out in. It is informal and can sound slightly dismissive, suggesting a place feels cut off from services, fashion, or city life.

常見錯誤

❌Our hotel was in a boondock outside Denver.
✅Our hotel was in the boondocks outside Denver.
💡This word is normally used as a plural noun, usually with the.
❌The boondocks are only ten minutes from downtown.
✅The village is only ten minutes from downtown.
💡Boondocks suggests a place much farther away and more isolated.

2. rough remote land covered with thick scrub and brush

2.複數名詞C2
釋義

灌木荒地

長滿灌木、地勢粗野的偏遠地帶

rough remote land covered with thick scrub and brush

例句

Zayd cut a narrow path through the boondocks behind the old quarry.

Zayd 在舊採石場後方那片灌木荒地裡砍出一條窄路。

pattern: through the boondocks

After heavy rain, the truck got stuck in the boondocks near camp.

大雨過後，那輛卡車在營地附近的灌木荒地裡卡住了。

同義詞
  • brushland

    more neutral and mainly names land with thick brush

  • scrub

    focuses on low bushes rather than on remoteness

  • backwoods

    often suggests wild or wooded country, though not always dense brush

文法句型

through the boondocks

in the boondocks

cut a path through the boondocks

用法筆記

Rarer than sense 1 and more physical. It points to brushy, difficult ground itself, not just to a place being far from town.