Cómo Pronunciar "workhouse"

word

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

WURK-hows

wˈɜːkhaʊs

WURK-hows

Definición

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.

Transcripción IPA

Inglés Americano

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

Inglés Británico

wˈɜːkhaʊs

Pronunciación Simplificada

EE.UU.

WURK-hows

Escucha en Contexto

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.