halfway house
- IPA[ˈhafˌwā ˌhous]
美式
- a center for helping former drug addicts, prisoners, psychiatric patients, or others to adjust to life in general society.；the halfway point in a progression
noun: halfway house, plural noun: halfway houses
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a center for helping former drug addicts, prisoners, psychiatric patients, or others to adjust to life in general society.
- ▪ the halfway point in a progression suspension of the talks was only a halfway house toward complete termination
- ▪ an inn midway between two towns.
