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old people's home

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌold ˈpeople’s ˌhome noun [countable] British English  MHa place where old people live and are cared for when they are too old to live by themselves 养老院,老人院 SYN nursing home
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old people's homeMorris Thomas, 61, runs an old people's home deep in the exclusion zone.
are Corpus place and people where live cared a for old when


old people's home
ˌold ˈpeople’s ˌhome noun [countable] British English
a place where old people live and are cared for when they are too old to live by themselves
   SYN  nursing home


old people's homeBrE /ˌəʊld ˈpiːplz həʊm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈoʊld piːplz hoʊm/ 🔊 (BrE) (also reˈtirement home NAmE, BrE ) nouna place where old people live and are cared for 养老院;敬老院