workhouse
🇺🇸
/ˈwɜːrkhaʊs/
🇬🇧
/ˈwɜːkhaʊs/
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.
在維多利亞時代，許多貧困家庭被迫住在貧民院以求生存。
translation
濟貧院
詞形變化
Plural
workhouses