lockup house

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词形变化

lockup houses 复数 lockup houses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.

    历史

    He kept a lock-up house in Great Earle Street, Soho, and, although by profession a tailor, he had fitted it up most elegantly as a tavern.

  2. 2.

    A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.

    非正式 历史 废旧