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.
許多人在沒有錢或家庭支持時被送到濟貧院。
translation
濟貧院
詞形變化
Plural
poorhouses