pokey

英 ['pəʊkɪ] 美 ['poʊkɪ]

• adj. 狭小的；迟钝的
• n. <美俚>监狱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Adjective:

1. wasting time

2. small and remote and insignificant;

   "a jerkwater college"
   "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I'd rather live in this old house with all its inconveniences than in one of those pokey bungalows where you haven't room to swing a cat.
   尽管诸多不便，我宁愿住在这幢老房子里，也不愿住到那种狭小的平房里，在那里你连转身的地方都没有。
2. I am impatient with people who are always pokey about getting things done.
   我对于做事慢吞吞的人感到很不耐烦。

词汇搭配

• hokey-pokey 戏法
• poky (地方)狭小的...

近反义词

【近义词】

• poky (地方)狭小的...
• clink <俚>牢房
• one-horse 单马拉的
• dilatory 缓慢的
• slammer 监狱
• jail 监牢
• jailhouse 监狱
• laggard 落后者
• jerkwater 离开干线的
• gaol 监狱