pokey
英['pəʊkɪ]
美['poʊkɪ]
- adj. 狭小的；迟钝的
- n. <美俚>监狱
详细释义
Noun:
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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)
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wasting time
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small and remote and insignificant;
"a jerkwater college"
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
双语例句
- 1. They threw him in the pokey, kept him under very harsh conditions.
- 他们把他投进监狱，服刑条件非常恶劣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around.
- 转一转左脚.
来自互联网
- 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。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用法讲解
- hokey-pokey 戏法
- poky (地方)狭小的...
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