pokey

漢語翻譯

英文解釋：

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

例句：

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.
   儘管諸多不便，我寧願住在這幢老房子裡，也不願住到那種狹小的平房裡，在那裡你連轉身的地方都沒有。