| 单词 | old people's home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold people's home old people's home n. an institution providing accommodation, nursing, etc., for the elderly, esp. for those too infirm to live alone. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > nursing home maison de santé1843 old people's home1873 nursing home1880 rest home1889 1873 Harper's Mag. Jan. 310/1 The spot selected for a newly organized children's and old people's home. 1880 Langley's San Francisco Directory 704/2 Old peoples' Home, Mrs. Charles Nelson president. 1940 M. McCarthy in Partisan Rev. Mar. 136 There are three principal characters, a poet and his son, and a fugitive from the Old People's Home, an ancient Shakespearean actor who plays the bugle. 1972 Listener 17 Aug. 211/2 I may end up in an old people's home. I don't know, very likely I will. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 55 This ancient couple..have been married for seventy years and they're ‘celebrating’ the anniversary in an old people's home. < as lemmas |
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