| 单词 | poky |
| 释义 | poky From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpokypok‧y, pokey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjective informal1 British EnglishSMALL too small and not very pleasant or comfortableThe whole family was crammed into two poky little rooms.► see thesaurus at small2 American EnglishSLOW doing things very slowly, especially in a way that is annoyingI got behind some poky driver on the freeway.Examples from the Corpuspoky• 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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