| 单词 | poky |
| 释义 | poky (once / 19732 pages) 1adj 2n Someone who moves very slowly is poky. When you try to take your poky dog on a jog, she'll stop to sniff every bush and blade of grass along the way. Wasting time, dawdling, or being annoying and boring are all ways to get called poky: "I need a new computer — my poky old laptop takes forever to do anything." In Britain this adjective is sometimes used in a completely opposite way, to mean "speedy" or "quick to accelerate": "Her car is much more poky than it looks!" WORD FAMILYpoky: pokier, pokies, pokiest, pokily+/poke: poked, poker, pokes, pokey, poking, poky/poker: pokers/pokey: pokeys/poking: pokings USAGE EXAMPLESThere were some effective moments in the Adagio, but after a graceful opening oboe solo from Anne Marie Gabriele, the Allegretto turned poky. Los Angeles Times(Nov 27, 2016) The Palace of Westminster is a maze of sticky-carpeted little bars, poky wood-lined offices and forgotten meeting rooms up twisting staircases. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) And dusty, poky Truevine was so isolated that nobody ever heard what became of them, though they became famous. New York Times(Oct 16, 2016) 1 1adj wasting time Syn dilatory, laggard, pokey slow not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time 2adj small and remote and insignificant 2Syn jerkwater, one-horse, pokey provincial characteristic of the provinces or their people n 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) Syn|Hypo|Hyper clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, slammer bastille a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) holding cella jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial hoosegow, hoosgowslang for a jail house of correction(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences lockupjail in a local police station workhousea county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months correctional institution a penal institution maintained by the government |
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