- (especially British English)
(of a room or a building )屋子或建筑物 too small; without much space synonym cramped狭窄的;窄小的 a poky little room 窄小的屋子
- (also pokey)(both North American English)
extremely slow and annoying 极慢的;迟钝的;拖沓的;慢腾腾的
Word Originmid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘concerned with petty matters’): from poke (in a contemporaneous sense ‘confine’) + -y.