1910s, from Tagalog bundok "mountain." Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines for "remote and wild place." Reinforced or re-adopted during World War II. Hence, also boondockers "shoes suited for rough terrain," originally (1944) U.S. services slang word for field boots.
双语例句
1. Return to Nature, reintegration boondocks became majority of the inevitable choice.
回归自然, 重返乡野就成了多数人的必然选择.
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2. In northwest such boondocks, besides meat and wine, there're flower and grass. Rare.
西北蛮荒之地, 大口吃肉大碗喝酒之余, 倒 不忘小花小草小情小调,难得.
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3. I moved him out of the Glass House and into the boondocks, hating minute of it.
