spital

医院(尤指为贫民或麻疯病人等开设的医院)

词形变化

spitals 复数 spitals

别名

spittle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later distinguished from a hospital as being especially for those of a low class or meagre financial means.

    历史

词源

From Middle English spitel, an aphetic form, from Medieval Latin hospitāle.

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