名詞 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)
   同義詞：jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky

形容詞 pokey:

1. wasting time
   同義詞：dilatory, laggard, poky
2. small and remote and insignificant
   同義詞：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.
   盡管諸多不便，我寧愿住在這幢老房子里，也不愿住到那種狹小的平房里，在那里你連轉(zhuǎn)身的地方都沒(méi)有。

pokey 也作 po.ky

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 po.keys 也作 po.kies 【俚語(yǔ)】
A jail or prison.
拘留所或監(jiān)獄

來(lái)源：
[Origin unknown]
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pokey
pokey 2

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語(yǔ)】
Variant of poky
poky的變體