كيف تنطق "workhouse"
word
ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs
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wˈɜːkhaʊs
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التعريف
A workhouse was a public institution in Britain where poor people lived and worked in exchange for food and shelter, mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs
الإنجليزية البريطانية
wˈɜːkhaʊs
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
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بريطاني
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استمع في السياق
In the past, poor people had to live in the workhouse.
Oliver Twist was an orphan in a workhouse.
The workhouse gave food to the poor, but the work was very hard.
Many families ended up in the workhouse during hard times in Victorian England.