chokey
chokey(亦作 choky)(pl. -eys 或 -ies)- [in sing.](Brit. informal, dated)prison
(英,非正式,旧)监狱
■[mass noun]imprisonment
关押,监禁
three months' chokey.
三个月监禁。
语源- early 17th cent. (in the Hindi sense): Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī 'customs or toll house, police station'; influenced by choke
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