workhouse
英 ['wɜːkhaʊs]
美['wɝk'haʊs]
- n. （英）济贫院；（美）[法] 教养所；感化院；贫民习艺所
词态变化
复数: workhouses;
英英释意
- 1. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
- 2. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
英文词源
- workhouse (n.)
- Old English weorchus "workshop;" see work (n.) + house (n.). From 1650s in the sense of "place where the able-bodied poor or petty criminals are lodged and compelled to work."
考试真题
- In Oliver Twist, e traces an orphan’s progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
- In Oliver Twist, he traces an orphan's progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.
2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
- 他们在济贫院里过的生活真悲惨!
《简明英汉词典》
- The beggar at last resorted to the workhouse.
- 最后,这个乞丐常去济贫院.
辞典例句
- There is always the workhouse.
- 无论什么时候都有济贫院.
互联网
- Stella: The New York State sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse.
- 史黛拉: 偷窥狂在纽约州的法律是要判六个月工厂劳役的.
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