borstal

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A way up a hill in the South Downs. UK
  2. Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983. historical
  3. Any institution which provides education to young offenders. Ireland,UK
    — You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?

词形变化

borstals plural bostal alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Borstalian borstal training

词源

Inherited from Middle English *borstile, *borghstile, from Old English beorh (“a hill”) + stigel (“a stile”).
The institutions are named after Borstal Prison in Borstal, Rochester, Kent, England.
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