柯林斯詞典poorhouse /?p???ha?s, ?p??-/ 1. N (formerly) a publicly maintained institution offering accommodation to the poor (舊)濟貧院 返回 poorhouse劍橋詞典in the past, a building in which extremely poor people could live and be fed , paid for by the public 貧民院，濟貧院 比較workhouse 返回 poorhouse