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单词 rest centre
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rest centre
rest centre n. (a) a place of rest (in quot. 1900 a humorous name for a workplace in which no work is done); (b) a temporary refuge, esp. for those made homeless in wartime.
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1900 New Castle (Pa.) News 10 Oct. 6/3 (heading) A Rest Center.
1940 Economist 5 Oct. 422/1 When their roof has gone the family seek refuge, and they find it in temporary rest centres run by the Public Assistance Department.
1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 8/4 Rest centres were made ready on the outskirts of all ‘target’ areas, like Merseyside, to house the virtual refugees.
2004 A. Levy Small Island xxvi. 277 I took that poor bombed-out family to a rest centre.
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