pokey

名词 pokey:

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)
   同义词：jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky

形容词 pokey:

1. wasting time
   同义词：dilatory, laggard, poky
2. small and remote and insignificant
   同义词：jerkwater, one-horse, poky

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。

pokey 也作 po.ky

n.（名词）
【复数】 po.keys 也作 po.kies 【俚语】
A jail or prison.
拘留所或监狱

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pokey
pokey 2

adj.Informal （形容词）【非正式用语】
Variant of poky
poky的变体