workhouse

n.

囚犯工厂，贫民习艺所；

复数：workhouses

1. The New York State sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse.
   纽约州的法律对偷窥者处以6个月劳教。
2. The beggar at last resorted to the workhouse .
   最后，这个乞丐常去济贫院。
3. What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!
   他们在济贫院里过的生活真悲惨!

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