But I kept thinking of that poky little house in Thurloe Square and I couldn't see what else to do.

但一想到瑟洛广场那间狭小的屋子。就觉得没别的办法。

Town's too jolly after that poky old Avonlea.

那个矮小的老 Avonlea 之后镇上太欢乐了。

Yes, he supposed it was a poky little house.

是的，他认为那是一间狭小的小房子。

She is just dull and poky and never seems to have a good time.

她只是迟钝和狭隘，似乎从来没有玩过。

He could not go into the poky den, evil-smelling and airless, of the concierge.

他无法进入礼宾部的小房间， 那里散发着恶臭， 空通。

Both were wary of the kind of residential development — often poky student flats — that they said dominates the city centre.

两都对住宅开发持度——他们说，这种住宅开发往往是廉价的学生公寓，在城市中心占主导地位。

In the coming days Lael Brainard, a board member at the Federal Reserve since 2014, will take over the poky but powerful office.

在接下来的几天里，自 2014 年以来一直担任美联储董事会成员的莱尔布雷纳德将接管这个狭小但权力很大的办公室。

If the Laurences had been what Jo called 'prim and poky', she would not have got on at all, for such people always made her shy and awkward.

如果劳伦斯家的真像乔所谓的“古板冷漠”的话，那么乔就根本会同他们这样合得来了，因为这类常使她羞怯和局促。

Right, I think a lot of time we made mistake nosy behavior for being, you know, nosy or poky when they are just being kind of trying to be friendly.

嗯，我觉得很多时候我们都误会了。我们觉得是邻居多管闲事，可能他们只是表示友好的关心。

Right, I think a lot of time we made mistake nosy behavior for being, you know, nosy or poky when they are just being kind of trying to be friendly.

W： 是的，我认为很多时候我们把多管闲事的行为误认为是，你知道，当他们只是想表现得友好时，多管闲事或爱管闲事。

And then Frank would be so mealy mouthed and slow poky that he would make me mad and I'd lose my temper. He didn't understand, I guess, and I couldn't make him understand.

这时候，如果弗兰克再来拐弯抹角地知说些什么，我就要朝他发火，我想他会明白到底这是怎么回事，我也没有办法使他明白。

Right, I think a lot of time we may mistake noisy behavior for being, you know, nosy or poky when they are just being kind of trying to be friendly, or maybe that person is lonely.

W: 对，我认为很多时候我们可能会误将吵闹的行为当作是多管闲事或探头探脑，而实际上他们可能只是想表现得友好些，或者那个可能感到孤独。