单词：bridewell
音标：['braidwәl] ；
n. 感化院, 拘留所
[法] 感化院, 拘留所, 监狱
[法] 感化院, 拘留所, 监狱
n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly
persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's
(or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal
workhouse.
persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's
(or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal
workhouse.
词型变化：名词复数形式 : bridewells