Como Pronunciar "workhouse"

word

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

WURK-hows

wˈɜːkhaʊs

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Definição

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.

Transcrição IPA

Inglês Americano

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

Inglês Britânico

wˈɜːkhaʊs

Pronúncia Simplificada

EUA

WURK-hows

Ouça em 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.