(of a room or building)uncomfortably small and cramped
(房间,房屋)狭小的,拥挤的
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five of us shared the poky little room .我们五个人挤在那间狭小的房间里。
〈非正式〉 (尤指汽车)功率大的,加速度大的。
〈北美〉 慢吞吞的,缓慢的
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his speech was poky, like he was a little simple .他说话慢吞吞的,仿佛是有点迟钝似的。
"mid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘concerned with petty matters’): from