| 词汇 | pokey |
| 释义 | pokey 1. adjective 1 of an enclosed space, small and dark; inadequate UK, 1849. 2 dawdling, slow. From SLOWPOKE US, 1991 2. noun a jail US, 1919 the pokeyold-fashioned slang Prison or jail, or a cell within one. The officer decided to put the drunken college student in the pokey for the night to sober up. A new sheriff arrived into town, and before long the pokey was overrun with criminals. poky1. Small, cramped, or confined. Said of living or working accommodations. They gave me a poky office down in the basement of the building. Rent is so high in this city that we can only afford a poky one-bedroom apartment. 2. Slow, sluggish, or inefficient; tarrying or dawdling. The food was delicious, but the poky staff really put me off going there again to eat. My dad is still using the same poky old computer he bought in 1998. The thing can barely even boot up anymore! 3. Dull, plain, or unfashionable. I've only got these poky old dresses to wear to her wedding. He's been wearing the same poky blazer to work every day for the past 20 years. pokyand pokey1. n. jail; a jail cell. (Usually with the.) She spent a day in the poky. 2. mod. slow; lagging and inefficient. Hurry up! Don’t be so poky. pokeyverbSee poky |
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