workhouse

/wurk-hous/US // ˈwɜrkˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈwɜːkˌhaʊs) //

工作场所,工作室,工场,劳动所

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural work·hous·es [wurk-hou-ziz]. /ˈwɜrkˌhaʊ zɪz/.
- : a house of correction.
- : British. a poorhouse in which paupers were given work.
- : Obsolete. a workshop.

It is sad to find how many of the old favourites of the music-hall fall upon evil times, and even die in the workhouse.
The little bullet-headed Jim was drafted off to the workhouse school, and from thence to a small fishing-smack.
The Central Authority was directed to make rules, etc., "for the education of the children" in the workhouse.
Inside the workhouse, the "able-bodied" (in the workhouse sense) are divided simply into male and female.
A more difficult question was whether a man could continue to receive relief in the workhouse if his wife insisted on leaving it.