lazar house

短语

n. 麻疯病院

词形变化

lazar houses 复数

别名

lazar-house

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

    古体

    15th c., William of Worcester, “The Rolle of Sencte Bartholemeweis Priorie” cited in William Barrett, The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, 1789, p. 429, These bee alle the bookes ynne the ache Camberre & of the reste of the Lazar house bee cellis & beddis for the Lazars, beeynge manie in number […]

    1965, Richard Howard (translator), Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault (1961), New York: Random House, Chapter 1, “Stultifera Navis”, The lazar house of Nancy, which was among the largest in Europe, had only four inmates during the regency of Marie de Médicis.

  2. 2.

    A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases.

    古体 比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

lazaret lazarette lazaretto pesthouse

上位词 2

hospital infirmary

词源

From lazar + house.

来源：wiktionary