pokey意思是：n. <美俚>監獄；adj. 狹小的;破舊的。
雙語例句：
1.I'd rather live in this old house with all its inconveniences than in one of those pokey bungalows where you have not room to swing a cat.?
盡管諸多不便，我寧願住在這幢老房子裏，也不願住到那種狹小的平房裏，在那裏妳連轉身的地方都沒有。
2.They threw him in the pokey, kept him under very harsh conditions.?
他們把他投進監獄，服刑條件非常惡劣。
3.Even if the lobby and restaurants were grand and spacious, the rooms were all too often pokey and old-fashioned.?
盡管大堂和餐廳宏偉寬敞，但房間往往狹小過時。
4.In India, piracy is pervasive, Internet connection speeds are pokey, and thousands of full-length movies and TV episodes are legally available for free.?
在印度，盜版大行其道，上網速度緩慢，而且數以千計的完整版電影和電視劇可以合法地免費獲取。
5.Switch on phone A and place it on the table such that the antenna ( the pokey thing at the top) is about half an inch from the egg.?
開啟手機A並將之放在桌上使其天線部分（頭上突起部分）距離蛋杯半英寸。