backwoods (n.)

"backwoods"，指1709年北美英语中的“有树木或部分未开垦和未定居的偏远地区”； 参见 back（adj.）+ wood（n.）的意思是“森林地带”。作为形容词，始于1784年。

BACKWOODSMEN. ... This word is commonly used as a term of reproach (and that, only in a familiar style,) to designate those people, who, being at a distance from the sea and entirely agricultural, are considered as either hostile or indifferent to the interests of the commercial states. [John Pickering, "A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America," Boston, 1816]

BACKWOODSMEN。...这个词通常被用作一种指责的术语（只在熟悉的风格中使用），用来指代那些远离海洋、完全 agricultural 的人，被认为是对 commercial 州的利益敌对或漠不关心的人。[约翰·皮克林（John Pickering），《美国独有的词汇或短语的收集》，波士顿，1816年]