workhouse

workhouse [ˈwɜ:khaʊs]  [ˈwɜ:rkhaʊs] 

workhouse的近义词

第三人称复数:workhouses

workhouse 基本解释

名词囚犯工厂,贫民习艺所

workhouse 网络解释

workhouse是什么意思

1. 教养院:Worker Opinion Survey 工人意见调查 | workhouse 教养院 | working alliance 作业同盟

2. 囚犯工厂:workhorse 驮马 | workhouse 囚犯工厂 | working capital 流动资金

3. 感化院:★workshop n. 车间 | workhouse 感化院 | ★helper n. 帮手,助手

workhouse 词典解释
911查询·英语单词

1. workhouse

1. (英国17至19世纪的)济贫院,劳动救济所
    In Britain, in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, a workhouse was a place where very poor people could live and do unpleasant jobs in return for food. People use the workhouse to refer to these places in general.

    e.g. ...a struggling Shropshire family which lived in fear of the workhouse.
           生活在对济贫院的恐惧之中、艰苦挣扎着的什罗普郡一家人

workhouse 单语例句

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1. The Poor Law Unions'Gazette contained vivid accounts of workhouse life, and descriptions of inmates who had absconded.

workhouse 英英释义

noun

1. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months

2. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor