the boonies
the boonies — 慣用語
1. a very rural place far from towns and cities, usually suggesting the location is
偏僻地帶
遠離城鎮的偏遠鄉下地方
a very rural place far from towns and cities, usually suggesting the location is inconvenient or dull
Min-Jun bought a cheap old farmhouse way out in the boonies.
Min-Jun 在非常偏僻的地帶買了一間便宜的舊農舍。
collocation: way out in the boonies
The bus only goes as far as the main town, never the boonies.
公車只開到主要城鎮，偏僻地帶根本到不了。
Kavya joked that her new school was in the absolute boonies.
Kavya 開玩笑說她的新學校在極度偏僻的地方。
Diego's grandmother lives in the boonies with no mobile signal at all.
Diego 的祖母住在偏僻地帶，完全沒有手機訊號。
Driving out to the boonies takes Amara nearly two hours from the city centre.
從市中心開車到偏僻地帶要花 Amara 將近兩個小時。
- boondocks
the full form from which 'boonies' is clipped; same meaning and register
- middle of nowhere
more common across all English varieties; can describe any isolated place, not only countryside
- sticks
also informal American; carries a slightly more negative hint of being backwards or uncultured
- the city
the opposite environment — densely populated and developed
文法句型
in the boonies
out in the boonies
用法筆記
Almost always appears with a preposition — most often 'in the boonies' or 'out in the boonies'. The phrase carries a light, joking tone and is typical of casual American speech.