workhouse / ˈwɜrkˌhaʊs /

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workhouse 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural work·hous·es [wurk-hou-ziz]. /ˈwɜrkˌhaʊ zɪz/.

  1. a house of correction.
  2. British. a poorhouse in which paupers were given work.
  3. Obsolete. a workshop.

更多workhouse例句

  1. 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.
  2. The little bullet-headed Jim was drafted off to the workhouse school, and from thence to a small fishing-smack.
  3. The Central Authority was directed to make rules, etc., "for the education of the children" in the workhouse.
  4. Inside the workhouse, the "able-bodied" (in the workhouse sense) are divided simply into male and female.
  5. A more difficult question was whether a man could continue to receive relief in the workhouse if his wife insisted on leaving it.