词汇 | pokey |
释义 | pokeyWord family nounpokerpokefuladverbpokerishlyadjectivepokeypokingpokypokedverbpoke Jail & punishmentpok·ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE old-fashioned informal → poky SCJPRISONa prison 监狱 Examples from the Corpus pokey• Looking pink and refreshed after a short break, Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome.• The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey. (1900-2000) Probably from pogey “prison”; POGEY |
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