diaper bank

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A charitable institution that distributes diapers to those without monetary or convenient access to it. Canada,US
    — These are the members of the Fleet Reserve Auxiliary Unit 123, who for more than 18 months have maintained a diaper bank for the local health clinic. The project began in August, 1960.

词形变化

diaper banks plural

词源

From diaper + bank (“a safe and guaranteed place of storage for, and retrieval of, important items or goods”). First attested 3 February 1962 (see quotations) in an article concerning an early diaper bank founded in Pinellas County, Florida, in the United States in August 1960.
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