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pokey ['poʊkɪ]

n. 监狱;
adj. 迟钝的; 狭小的; 破旧的; 无趣的;

例句:

  • Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around.
    转一转左脚.
  • They threw him in the pokey, kept him under very harsh conditions.
    他们把他投进监狱,服刑条件非常恶劣。
  • Curling may be the slowest sport at the Winter Olympics, but it's not as pokey as you'd think.
    来自WSJ
  • They come to get out of their pokey apartments and hang out, get drunk, hook up.
    来自THETIMES
  • The conceit is that, without all the verbal hokey-pokey, the individual voice cannot be heard.
    来自WSJ