workhouse 英 ['wɜːkhaʊs]   美 ['wɝk'haʊs]

workhouse

workhouse  英 ['wɜːkhaʊs] 美 ['wɝk'haʊs]

n. (英)济贫院;(美)[法] 教养所;感化院;贫民习艺所 

名词复数:workhouses 

He was convinced by the three marks, and the children were taken from the workhouse. 但三个指印说服了他,于是他便带着孩子们离开了济贫院。
Then, as They drove into the town, he saw the house of Mr So werberry the undertaker, and the workhouse that had been his prison. 他们驾车进镇子时,他看到了棺材店老板索尔贝里先生的房子,以及他曾在其中过着囚徒生活的济贫院。

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  • n. (英)济贫院;(美)[法] 教养所;感化院;贫民习艺所
  • 1. He was convinced by the three marks, and the children were taken from the workhouse.

    但三个指印说服了他,于是他便带着孩子们离开了济贫院。

  • 2. Then, as They drove into the town, he saw the house of Mr So werberry the undertaker, and the workhouse that had been his prison.

    他们驾车进镇子时,他看到了棺材店老板索尔贝里先生的房子,以及他曾在其中过着囚徒生活的济贫院。

  • 3. Tea, cheese and bread are given to local widows and pensioners at the Old workhouse, while the celebrated Biddenden Cakes, baked from flour and water, are distributed among the spectators.

    在济贫院的旧址,人们向当地的寡妇和退休老人赠予茶水、奶酪和面包,并且向观礼的群众们分发著名的“比登登糕饼”。

  • workhouse (n.) Old English weorchus "workshop;" see work (n.) + house (n.). From 1650s in the sense of "place where the able-bodied poor or petty criminals are lodged and compelled to work."
work·house / ˈwɜːkhaʊs ; NAmE ˈwɜːrkhaʊs / ( BrE) ( also poor·house NAmE, BrE ) noun (in Britain in the past) a building where very poor people were sent to live and given work to do (英国旧时的)济贫院,劳动救济所 workhouse workhouses work·house / ˈwɜːkhaʊs ; NAmE ˈwɜːrkhaʊs /
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