asylum 音标拼音: [əs'ɑɪləm]
n . 收容所,养育院,精神病院
收容所,养育院,精神病院
asylum n 1 :
a shelter from danger or hardship [
synonym : {
refuge },
{
sanctuary }, {
asylum }]
2 :
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [
synonym : {
mental hospital }, {
psychiatric hospital }, {
mental institution }, {
institution }, {
mental home }, {
insane asylum },
{
asylum }]
Asylum \
A *
sy "
lum \,
n .;
pl .
E . {
Asylums },
L . {
Asyla }. [
L .
asylum ,
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
exempt from spoliation ,
inviolable ; '
a priv . ?
right of seizure .]
1 .
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection ,
where criminals and debtors found shelter ,
and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege .
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So sacred was the church to some ,
that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary . --
Ayliffe .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The name was anciently given to temples ,
altars ,
statues of the gods ,
and the like .
In later times Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same sense .
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2 .
Any place of retreat and security .
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Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom . --
Southey .
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3 .
An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute ,
unfortunate ,
or afflicted persons ;
as ,
an asylum for the aged ,
for the blind ,
or for the insane ;
a lunatic asylum ;
an orphan asylum .
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1913 Webster ]
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
asylum ":
VA hospital ,
almshouse ,
base hospital ,
bedlam ,
bird sanctuary ,
bolt -
hole ,
bughouse ,
cache ,
clinic ,
community hospital ,
concealment ,
convalescent home ,
convalescent hospital ,
corner ,
cover ,
covert ,
coverture ,
cranny ,
crazy house ,
cubby ,
cubbyhole ,
dark corner ,
den ,
dugout ,
evacuation hospital ,
farm ,
field hospital ,
forest preserve ,
foster home ,
foxhole ,
funk hole ,
game preserve ,
game sanctuary ,
general hospital ,
halfway house ,
harbor ,
harbor of refuge ,
harborage ,
haven ,
hideaway ,
hideout ,
hidey hole ,
hiding ,
hiding place ,
hole ,
home ,
hospice ,
hospital ,
hospitium ,
infirmary ,
inpatient clinic ,
insane asylum ,
institution ,
inviolability ,
lair ,
lunatic asylum ,
madhouse ,
maison de sante ,
mental home ,
mental hospital ,
mental institution ,
niche ,
nook ,
nursing home ,
nuthouse ,
orphanage ,
osteopathic hospital ,
outpatient clinic ,
padded cell ,
policlinic ,
polyclinic ,
poor farm ,
poorhouse ,
port ,
preserve ,
private hospital ,
proprietary hospital ,
psychiatric ward ,
psychopathic hospital ,
public hospital ,
recess ,
refuge ,
rest home ,
retreat ,
safe haven ,
safehold ,
sanatorium ,
sanctuary ,
secret place ,
security ,
shelter ,
sick bay ,
sickbed ,
sickroom ,
snug harbor ,
special hospital ,
stash ,
state hospital ,
station hospital ,
stronghold ,
surgical hospital ,
teaching hospital ,
undercovert ,
veterans hospital ,
voluntary hospital ,
ward ,
well -
baby clinic ,
workhouse
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