| 释义 |
pokeypok‧ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countable] American English old-fashioned informal   pokeyOrigin: 1900-2000 Probably from pogey ‘prison’; ➔ POGEY - Looking pink and refreshed after a short break, Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome.
- The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey.
rooms, houses etc that are too small► cramped a room, space, or vehicle that is cramped is uncomfortable because there is not enough space inside it for people to move around: · I hated working in that cramped little office.· Conditions on board the ship were extremely cramped. ► poky/pokey British also dinky American small, unattractive, and uncomfortable to be in: · The whole family lives in two pokey little rooms at the back of the building.· There was only one dinky store with a few cans of soup and some other useless junk for sale. ► Jail & punishmentborstal, nouncell, nounchain, nounchain gang, nounconcentration camp, nounconcurrent, adjectiveconfinement, nounconvict, nouncorrectional, adjectivecustodial sentence, nouncustody, noundeath row, noundetainee, noundetention, noundetention centre, noundrunk tank, noundungeon, nounfetter, verbfetters, noungaol, gaoler, noungovernor, nounguard, verbgulag, nounhandcuff, verbhandcuffs, nounincarcerate, verbinmate, nouninside, adverbintern, verbinternee, nouninternment, nounjailbreak, nounlabour camp, nounlifer, nounmanacle, nounold lag, nounopen prison, nounoubliette, nounparole, nounparole, verbpen, nounpenal, adjectivepenitentiary, nounpillory, nounpokey, nounpolitical prisoner, nounporridge, nounpreventive detention, nounprison, nounprison camp, nounprisoner, nounprisoner of conscience, nounprisoner of war, nounprison visitor, nounreformatory, nounremand home, nounremission, nounserve, verbshackle, nounshackle, verbsolitary, nounsolitary confinement, nounstretch, nounthumbscrew, nounwarden, nounwarder, nounyardbird, noun a prison |