poky

poky
(亦作 pokey)
(pokier, pokiest)

(of a room or building) uncomfortably small and cramped
（房间，房屋）狭小的，拥挤的
five of us shared the poky little room.
我们五个人住在那间狭小的房间里。
(informal)(especially of a car) having considerable power or acceleration
(非正式)（尤指汽车）功率大的，加速度大的
(N. Amer.)annoyingly slow
(北美)慢吞吞的，缓慢的
his speech was poky, like he was a little simple.
他说话慢吞吞的，仿佛是有点迟钝似的。

派生
pokily
adverb
pokiness
noun
语源

mid 19th cent. (in the sense 'concerned with petty matters'): from poke (in a contemporaneous sense 'confine') + -y

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