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单词 retirement home
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Definition of retirement home in English:

retirement home

noun
  • 1A house or flat in a group or block designed for the needs of old and retired people.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You might host a fundraiser for a retirement home in your neighborhood or trim the Christmas tree for the elderly couple next door.
    • ‘Hi. I'm here to visit Maria Furmano,’ Josh said at the security guard's desk when we arrived at the retirement home.
    • I had seen his picture in the retirement home, framed and hanging on my grandmother's wall.
    • But they weren't ready for an apartment or a retirement home.
    • Over time it gradually strayed from its mandate and became a desirable retirement home for wealthy citizens.
    • Shaun Lawson photographed residents in a retirement home for his Home Portraits series.
    • My age seems to finally be getting to me and I'm going to have to move into a retirement home.
    • Munetomo says he runs the largest retirement home in the Philippines specifically catering to Japanese retirees.
    • I could see why elderly people would want to live in this particular retirement home.
    • A half hour later, I was walking into the retirement home that Josh's grandmother lived in.
    • He had left his car at the retirement home the last time he had visited his grandmother, so we had to walk to the restaurant.
    • Grandparents often live in their own house or a retirement home; women frequently work outside the home.
    • They were an elderly couple that had lived in the retirement home for years.
    1. 1.1 An institution for elderly people needing care.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The housing stock may prove inappropriate for future needs if more and more elderly end their days in retirement homes.
      • Interestingly, the word disability has not been defined in the legislation but the industry is interpreting this as including the need to enter a retirement home.
      • It is clear from the financial and affidavit materials filed that the only reasonable accommodation for Mrs. Schryer is at a long term care facility and retirement home.
      • As the average life span of Norwegians has increased, a shortage of nursing and retirement homes has developed.
      • A kindly gentleman at a posh retirement home / hospital likes to read to the white-haired lady, whose memory is on the blink.
      Synonyms
      institution, residential home, nursing home, old people's home, convalescent home, rest home, children's home
 
 

Definition of retirement home in US English:

retirement home

nounrəˈtaɪ(ə)rmənt
  • 1A house or apartment in which a person lives in old age, especially one in a complex designed for the needs of old people.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Munetomo says he runs the largest retirement home in the Philippines specifically catering to Japanese retirees.
    • My age seems to finally be getting to me and I'm going to have to move into a retirement home.
    • Over time it gradually strayed from its mandate and became a desirable retirement home for wealthy citizens.
    • Shaun Lawson photographed residents in a retirement home for his Home Portraits series.
    • But they weren't ready for an apartment or a retirement home.
    • ‘Hi. I'm here to visit Maria Furmano,’ Josh said at the security guard's desk when we arrived at the retirement home.
    • They were an elderly couple that had lived in the retirement home for years.
    • Grandparents often live in their own house or a retirement home; women frequently work outside the home.
    • You might host a fundraiser for a retirement home in your neighborhood or trim the Christmas tree for the elderly couple next door.
    • A half hour later, I was walking into the retirement home that Josh's grandmother lived in.
    • He had left his car at the retirement home the last time he had visited his grandmother, so we had to walk to the restaurant.
    • I could see why elderly people would want to live in this particular retirement home.
    • I had seen his picture in the retirement home, framed and hanging on my grandmother's wall.
    1. 1.1 An institution for elderly people needing care.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Interestingly, the word disability has not been defined in the legislation but the industry is interpreting this as including the need to enter a retirement home.
      • The housing stock may prove inappropriate for future needs if more and more elderly end their days in retirement homes.
      • As the average life span of Norwegians has increased, a shortage of nursing and retirement homes has developed.
      • It is clear from the financial and affidavit materials filed that the only reasonable accommodation for Mrs. Schryer is at a long term care facility and retirement home.
      • A kindly gentleman at a posh retirement home / hospital likes to read to the white-haired lady, whose memory is on the blink.
      Synonyms
      institution, residential home, nursing home, old people's home, convalescent home, rest home, children's home
 
 
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