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.)
Life is like crossing the sea, we meet in the same poky boat.生命有如渡过一重大海，我们相遇在这同一的狭船里。
He set up in business fifty years ago in a tiny, poky shop in London.50年前他在伦敦开了一个简陋的小铺子做生意。
This bedroom is too poky for me.我这间卧室太窝憋。
I wish you wouldn't be so poky when you're getting ready.希望你做准备时不要这么慢腾腾。
