protectory
/pruh-tek-tuh-ree/US // prəˈtɛk tə ri //UK // (prəˈtɛktərɪ) //
保护性,保护主义,保护性的,保护
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural pro·tec·to·ries.
- : an institution for the care of destitute or delinquent children.
Examples
He received his education in a protectory where the good brothers were much too busy to observe which hand he used.
The “institutions designated by law” for the reception of truants are chiefly the Protectory and the Juvenile Asylum.
While Hyman was in the grammar grades, a brag pupil, Pasquale was in the Protectory, a branded incorrigible.
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