reform school
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++reˈform school noun [countable] American Englishx-ref a special school where young people who have broken the law are sent 少年犯管教所 If you’re not careful, you’ll end up in reform school. 要是你不小心,最后会进少管所的。
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reform school• Some one had told him that it must be a reform school and so he sat all day in tears.• Later, after being expelled from school, he was sent to reform school.reˈform school nounChineseSyllable
Corpus young where people have special school a who
reform school
reˈform school
noun [countable]
American English a special school where young people who have broken the law are sent:
If you’re not careful, you’ll end up in reform school.
reˈform school
noun [countable]American English a special school where young people who have broken the law are sent: