poorhouse
🇺🇸
/ˈpʊrhaʊs/
🇬🇧
/ˈpɔːhaʊs/
noun
R
A place where people with no money or resources were sent to live and work in the past.
Many people were sent to the poorhouse when they had no money or family to support them.
许多人在没有钱或家庭支持时被送到济贫院。
translation
济贫院
词形变化
Plural
poorhouses