poorhouse

Word family adjectivepoorishpooradverbpoorlynounpoornesspoorhouse

Related topics: Welfare

poor·house /ˈpɔːhaʊs $ ˈpʊr-/ noun [countableC]

1 the state of not having any money 一贫如洗

If Jimmy keeps spending like this, he’s going to end up in the poorhouse.

吉米要是一直这样花钱，到头来会身无分文。

2. PEWa building where very poor people in the past could live and be fed, which was paid for with public money 〔旧时的〕济贫院 SYN workhouse

Examples from the Corpus

poorhouse• Sanitation was primitive and the poorhouses in regular use.• When that breaks down, they're sent to what used to be the poorhouse.• Having exhausted her savings, Annie Taylor now faced the poorhouse.• At best she'd be back in the poorhouse while he ... it didn't bear thinking of.

词汇	poorhouse
释义	poorhouse Word family adjectivepoorishpooradverbpoorlynounpoornesspoorhouse Related topics: Welfare poor·house /ˈpɔːhaʊs $ ˈpʊr-/ noun [countableC] 1 the state of not having any money 一贫如洗 If Jimmy keeps spending like this, he’s going to end up in the poorhouse. 吉米要是一直这样花钱，到头来会身无分文。 2. PEWa building where very poor people in the past could live and be fed, which was paid for with public money 〔旧时的〕济贫院 SYN workhouse Examples from the Corpus poorhouse• Sanitation was primitive and the poorhouses in regular use.• When that breaks down, they're sent to what used to be the poorhouse.• Having exhausted her savings, Annie Taylor now faced the poorhouse.• At best she'd be back in the poorhouse while he ... it didn't bear thinking of.
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