borstal

[法] 青少年感化院, 教养院

词形变化

borstals 复数 borstals

别名

borstall bostal

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A way up a hill in the South Downs.

    英国
  2. 2.

    Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.

    历史
  3. 3.

    Any institution which provides education to young offenders.

    爱尔兰

    You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

reformatory reform school training school

相关短语

borstal training [法] 青少年犯感化训练

词源

Inherited from Middle English *borstile, *borghstile, from Old English beorh (“a hill”) + stigel (“a stile”). The institutions are named after Borstal Prison in Borstal, Rochester, Kent, England.

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