"workhouse" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

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UK

wˈɜːkhaʊs

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释义

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.

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美式英语

ˈwɝːkˌhaʊs

英式英语

wˈɜːkhaʊs

简化发音

美式

WURK-hows

英式

WURK-hows

语境中听

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.