poky
adj. (地方)狭小的；不舒适的；缓慢的
副词：pokily 名词：pokiness
近义词：sluggish，dilatory，slow，plodding，leaden，small，tiny，cramped，restricted，tight，frumpy，dowdy，shabby，drab，plain，unfashionable，pokey，clink，one-horse，slammer，jail，jailhouse，laggard，jerkwater，gaol，
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"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Life is like crossing the sea, we meet in the same poky boat.生命有如渡过一重大海，我们相遇在这同一的狭船里。
- He set up in business fifty years ago in a tiny, poky shop in London.50年前他在伦敦开了一个简陋的小铺子做生意。
- This bedroom is too poky for me.我这间卧室太窝憋。
- I wish you wouldn't be so poky when you're getting ready.希望你做准备时不要这么慢腾腾。