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)
Adjective
wasting time
small and remote and insignificant;
"a jerkwater college" "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
I'd rather live in this old house with all its inconveniences than in one of those pokey bungalows where you haven't room to swing a cat.尽管诸多不便，我宁愿住在这幢老房子里，也不愿住到那种狭小的平房里，在那里你连转身的地方都没有。
I am impatient with people who are always pokey about getting things done.我对于做事慢吞吞的人感到很不耐烦。
