| 单词 | union workhouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion workhouse union workhouse n. now historical (in Britain and Ireland) a workhouse administered by a parish union (sense 15a); = union house n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1830Union workhouse [see sense 15a]. 1834 Morning Chron. 2 July The latter having no alternative but either to abstain altogether from asking relief, or taking up their abode in one of the union workhouses. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iv. iv. 581 The inmates of the union-workhouse are subject to certain restraints. 2000 T. May Victorian Workhouse 6/2 Gressenhall was extended in 1836–7 when it became the union workhouse for Mitford and Launditch. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。