reformatory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/|/ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/    /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
    — It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
    — Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.

词形变化

more reformatory comparative most reformatory superlative reformatories plural
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