| 单词 | poky |
| 释义 | pok·y, pokey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjective informal 1 British EnglishSMALL 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. 全家人挤在两间狭小的房间里。► see thesaurus at small2 American EnglishSLOW 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 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.pok·y adjectiveChineseSyllable comfortable too and pleasant or small not Corpus very |
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