lockup house
短语词形变化
lockup houses
复数
lockup houses
释义与例句
n.
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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.
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2.
A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.
非正式 历史 废旧