workhouse
英：[ˈwɜ:khaʊs] 美： [ˈwɜrkhaʊs]
workhouse 基本解释
n.囚犯工厂，贫民习艺所；
变形
复数：workhouses
英英释义
workhouse[ 'wə:khaus ]
n.a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labora county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
workhouse 相关例句
双语例句
用作名词(n.)- The New York State sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse.
纽约州的法律对偷窥者处以6个月劳教。 - The beggar at last resorted to the workhouse .
最后，这个乞丐常去济贫院。 - What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
他们在济贫院里过的生活真悲惨!
权威例句
British Welfare Policy: Workhouse to WorkfareBritish welfare policy : workhouse to workfareThe workhouse system 1834–1929. The history of an English social institutionThe workhouse system, 1834-1929 : the history of an English social institutionWorkhouse to Nursing Home: Residential Care of elderly people in England since 1840From the workhouse to the home: evolution of care policy for older people in IrelandPower and Pauperism. The Workhouse System, 1834-1884 by Felix DriverThe historical geography of the workhouse system in England and Wales, 1834–1883New beginning for care for elderly people? Proposals for intermediate care are reinventing workhouse wards"An Irregular and Inconvenient Pile of Buildings": The Destitute Asylum of Adelaide, South Australia and the English Workhouse
