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。

Yes, he supposed it was a poky little house.

是的，他认为那是一间狭小的小房子。

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， 空气不流通。

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

两人都对住宅开发持谨慎态度——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.

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