workhouse

Word family nounworkabilityworkaholicworkaholismworkerworkeristworkingworkaroundworkbagworkbenchworkboatworkbookworkboxworkdaywork ethicwork experienceworkfareworkfellowworkflowworkfolkworkforceworkgirlworkgroupworkhorseworkhouseworking classworking girlworking partyworkloadworkmanworkmanshipworkmasterworkmatework of artworkpeopleworkpieceworkplaceworkroomworksheetworkshopworkspaceworkstationworktableworktopworkwatcherworkwearworkwomanworkadjectiveworkableworkedworkfulworklessworksomeworkadayworkmanlikeworkmanlyworkshyadverbworkably

Related topics: Welfare, Buildings

work·house /ˈwɜːkhaʊs $ ˈwɜːrk-/ noun [countableC]

PEWTBBa building in Britain in the past where very poor people lived if they had nowhere else to go 〔英国旧时的〕济贫院，救贫院 SYN poorhouse

Examples from the Corpus

workhouse• There were not enough workhouses to cope with the problem.• Oh yeah, that's when it got its own workhouse, too, for the parish destitutes.• A fairly serious outbreak occurred in 1928 at the workhouse.• Paupers were often taken back from the workhouse to their own parishes for burial.• The deceased said he never would go into the workhouse.• The visitors' committee did not always support the workhouse master.• That's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse, so they could take them over on a barrow.• The Workhouse Act of 1723 had empowered parishes to apply a workhouse test by denying relief to those who refused to enter.

单词	workhouse
释义	workhouse Word family nounworkabilityworkaholicworkaholismworkerworkeristworkingworkaroundworkbagworkbenchworkboatworkbookworkboxworkdaywork ethicwork experienceworkfareworkfellowworkflowworkfolkworkforceworkgirlworkgroupworkhorseworkhouseworking classworking girlworking partyworkloadworkmanworkmanshipworkmasterworkmatework of artworkpeopleworkpieceworkplaceworkroomworksheetworkshopworkspaceworkstationworktableworktopworkwatcherworkwearworkwomanworkadjectiveworkableworkedworkfulworklessworksomeworkadayworkmanlikeworkmanlyworkshyadverbworkably Related topics: Welfare, Buildings work·house /ˈwɜːkhaʊs $ ˈwɜːrk-/ noun [countableC] PEWTBBa building in Britain in the past where very poor people lived if they had nowhere else to go 〔英国旧时的〕济贫院，救贫院 SYN poorhouse Examples from the Corpus workhouse• There were not enough workhouses to cope with the problem.• Oh yeah, that's when it got its own workhouse, too, for the parish destitutes.• A fairly serious outbreak occurred in 1928 at the workhouse.• Paupers were often taken back from the workhouse to their own parishes for burial.• The deceased said he never would go into the workhouse.• The visitors' committee did not always support the workhouse master.• That's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse, so they could take them over on a barrow.• The Workhouse Act of 1723 had empowered parishes to apply a workhouse test by denying relief to those who refused to enter.
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