| 单词 | poky |
| 释义 | pokyWord family nounpokerpokefuladverbpokerishlyadjectivepokeypokingpokypokedverbpoke pok·y, pokey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjectiveadj informal 1 British EnglishBrESMALL too small and not very pleasant or comfortable 狭小而不舒适的 The whole family was crammed into two poky little rooms. ► see thesaurus at small 全家人挤在两间狭小的房间里。 2 American EnglishAmESLOW doing things very slowly, especially in a way that is annoying 慢吞吞的，缓慢的，磨磨蹭蹭的 I got behind some poky driver on the freeway. 在高速公路上，我跟在一个慢吞吞的司机后面。 Examples from the Corpus poky• Is it a harmful geographic stereotype to suggest that southerners are a little bit poky?• Carpenters worked in the hallway, men with close-cropped hair and poky drawls, calling to each other under the steam ducts.• We used to live in this poky flat in the middle of London when I was very little.• She would have to move back into that horrible poky little hotel.• Never again would anyone offer her an iron bed in a dark poky little room.• She explains a lot about Washington in general and our poky political metabolism in particular.• They weren't poky, they were cosy, crammed with our toys. |
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