英语单词分类 轻松记单词

pokey

pokey基本解释

adj.狭小的;迟钝的

n.监狱

pokey同义词

pokey相关例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  • 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。
  • 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。

pokey英英释义

Noun:
  • 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:
  • wasting time

  • small and remote and insignificant;

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