workhouse
🇬🇧/ˈwɜːkhaʊs/ 🇺🇸/ˈwɜːrkhaʊs/ 65an institution maintained at public expense where able-bodied paupers did unpaid work in return for food and accommodation (英国旧时的公营)济贫所; 这里身强力壮的穷人做一些义工，换取食宿
noun [专属名词]（英）济贫院；（美）[法] 教养所；感化院；贫民习艺所
In Oliver Twist, he traces an orphan's progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London. 在《雾都孤儿》一书中，他追踪描述了一个孤儿从济贫院到伦敦高发犯罪贫民窟的生活经历。
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