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单词 poky
释义
poky
adjective
(alsopokey)
uk
/ˈpəʊ.ki/us
/ˈpoʊ.ki/
pokier|pokiest

pokyadjective(SMALL)

UKinformal
A pokyroom,house, or otherplaceisunpleasantlysmallanduncomfortable:
狭小的；简陋的
Theylivein a poky littleflat.他们住在一套狭小的公寓里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Small
  • baby
  • bijou
  • bite-sized
  • compactly
  • compactness
  • dwarf
  • midget
  • modest
  • no/not enough room to swing a catidiom
  • on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
  • pint-sized
  • pocket handkerchief
  • pocket-sized
  • sampler
  • shoe box
  • shrunken
  • skimpy
  • slightness
  • smallish
  • wee
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pokyadjective(SLOW)

USinformal
slow:
慢吞吞的
Iwishyou wouldn't be so poky when you're gettingready.我希望你做准备时不要这么慢吞吞的。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
slow
  • slowYou're so slow - hurry up!
  • leisurelyWe took a leisurely drive along the quiet coast road.
  • unhurriedI like the unhurried pace of life in the countryside.
  • gentleStart off with a gentle jog, then gradually increase your speed.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Slow and moving slowly
  • (as) slow as molassesidiom
  • at a snail's paceidiom
  • by and byidiom
  • by degreesidiom
  • clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
  • drift
  • float
  • inch by inchidiom
  • infiltrate
  • infiltration
  • jog
  • labour
  • lag
  • laggard
  • sluggishness
  • snail
  • steadily
  • steadiness
  • steady
  • struggle
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pokyadjective(FAST)

UKinformal
(of acar)fast:
（汽车）快速的
a poky two-litrepetrolengine一个2升的快速汽油发动机
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fast and rapid
  • (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
  • apace
  • as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
  • as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
  • at a rate of knotsidiom
  • fleet
  • hypersonic
  • in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • like a shotidiom
  • prompt
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfireidiom
  • streak
  • super-express
  • superfast
  • swift
  • wildfire
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(Definition ofpokyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoky

poky
Older people do not want to be made to move to apokysheltered housing unit with neighbours they did not choose.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The retired ambassadors advocate apokyof creating two states in the middle east.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Most of the houses are small, withpokylittle rooms and with outside lavatories.
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The additional volume of air we wish to circulate in the mines today could not have passed through thepokylittle airways we knew in the old days.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They come out into the open and stand under the stars rather than be cramped up in apokysitting room which is no more than lath and plaster.
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They crowded intopokydirty rooms, and the slums of the city became to be known for the high rate of disease-dying people.
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