單詞
poorhouse
英 ['p??ha?s; 'p??ha?s]
美['p?rha?s]
基本信息
- n. 救濟院
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?poorhouses;
英文詞源
- poorhouse (n.)
- 1781, from poor (n.) + house (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. I was certain I was on the brink of poverty, going to the poorhouse.
- 我確信自己已處在貧困的邊緣，馬上就要進濟貧院了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You may perhaps have some pleasant, drilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse.
- 甚至在一個濟貧院里,你也還有愉快 、 興 、 榮的時候.
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