workhouse

🇺🇸 /ˈwɜːrkhaʊs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈwɜːkhaʊs/
頻度
難易度
タグ RARE
noun
R

A place in the past in England and Wales where very poor people were sent to live and work.

During the Victorian era, many destitute families were forced to live in workhouses to survive.

ビクトリア時代には、多くの貧困な家族が生き残るために作業場に住むよう強制されました。

translation

n. 労役場

語形変化

Plural workhouses