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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(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. 盡管諸多不便，我寧愿住在這幢老房子里，也不愿住到那種狹小的平房里，在那里你連轉(zhuǎn)身的地方都沒有。
I am impatient with people who are always pokey about getting things done. 我對于做事慢吞吞的人感到很不耐煩。