- (formerly in England) an institution maintained at public expense where able-bodied paupers did unpaid work in return for food and accommodation
- (in the US) a prison for petty offenders serving short sentences at manual labour
| 单词 | workhouse |
| 释义 | WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 work•house (wûrk′hous′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -hous•es
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: workhouse /ˈwɜːkˌhaʊs/ n
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