be pokey
The internet connection is too pokey to stream video.
网速太慢,无法播放视频。
(房间或房屋)狭小逼仄的。;迟钝的;破旧的;单调的
small and cramped, of a room or house
(房间或房屋)狭小逼仄的。
Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.
The old computer was so pokey that it took forever to load a webpage.
这台旧电脑太慢了,加载网页要花很长时间。
用法提示:形容词pokey在此句中表示‘缓慢的,迟钝的’,描述电脑运行速度慢。
They lived in a pokey little apartment with barely enough room for a bed.
他们住在一间狭小破旧的公寓里,几乎连放一张床的地方都不够。
用法提示:形容词pokey在此句中表示‘狭小破旧的’,形容公寓空间小且陈旧。
The town was a pokey little place with nothing to do on weekends.
这个小镇是个单调乏味的地方,周末无事可做。
用法提示:形容词pokey在此句中表示‘单调乏味的’,形容小镇缺乏活力。
The internet connection is too pokey to stream video.
网速太慢,无法播放视频。
They lived in a pokey little apartment downtown.
他们住在市中心一间狭小破旧的公寓里。
After the big lunch, I felt pokey and didn't want to move.
吃完丰盛的午餐后,我觉得迟钝无力,不想动弹。
grammar · medium
易错句子This room is a pokey.
正确表达This room is pokey.
学习者误将形容词'pokey'当作可数名词使用,可能是因为'pokey'在口语中也可作名词表示'监狱'。但在描述狭小空间时,应为形容词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He drives pokey on the highway.
正确表达He drives slowly on the highway.
'pokey'是形容词,不能直接修饰动词。描述开车缓慢应使用副词或'pokey'的同义形容词短语,如'drives slowly'或'is a pokey driver'。
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