单词 | women's refuge |
释义 | > as lemmaswomen's refuge women's refuge n. an establishment providing shelter for vulnerable women; (in later use) esp. one offering protection to women at risk from domestic violence. Π 1849 Times 1 Feb. 4/6 There was no institution which could replace the women's refuge if it were abolished. 1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 139 The inmates also did all the washing for the whole of the women's Refuges. 1982 Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 148 103 It is an important task of the responsible accident surgeon both to detect battering as the cause of injuries and to act as mediator in contacting a women's refuge or other social assistance agency. 2003 S. Benjamin I am now without my Daughter viii. 23 They told him why Teresa was there and that she was to be taken to a women's refuge. < as lemmas |
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