pokey

 
['pəʊkɪ]     ['poʊkɪ]    
  • adj. 狭小的;迟钝的
  • n. <美俚>监狱
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pokey的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

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"

pokey的用法和样例:

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。

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