house of correction

短语

教养院,改造所

词形变化

houses of correction 复数 houses of correction

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

    英国 历史
  2. 2.

    A prison.

    美国

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