workhouse

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n. (英)贫民习艺所, 济贫院, (美)感化院, 教养所

词形变化

workhouses 复数 workhouses workhoused workhouses 三单 workhousing workhousing 现在分词 workhoused 过去式 workhoused 过去分词

别名

work house

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.

    美国
  3. 3.

    A place of manufacture; a factory.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).

    历史 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

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词源

From Middle English werkhous, from Old English weorchūs (“workshop, place of manufacture”), from Proto-Germanic *werkahūsą, equivalent to work + house.

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