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词汇 leper colony
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Definition of leper colony in English:

leper colony

nounPlural leper colonies
historical
  • A place where a group of people with leprosy live together in quarantine.

    this island used to be a leper colony
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Reaching the former leper colony was an adventure all in itself.
    • Next to the small psychiatric hospital, with its yard enclosed by a high wire fence, was the leper colony.
    • His death has brought the remaining number of patients in the former leper colony to 31.
    • Awarded the prize in 1974, she gave the money to a leper colony.
    • Across the river he can see the lights of the leper colony.

Definition of leper colony in US English:

leper colony

noun
historical
  • A place where a group of people with leprosy live together in quarantine.

    this island used to be a leper colony
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His death has brought the remaining number of patients in the former leper colony to 31.
    • Across the river he can see the lights of the leper colony.
    • Awarded the prize in 1974, she gave the money to a leper colony.
    • Reaching the former leper colony was an adventure all in itself.
    • Next to the small psychiatric hospital, with its yard enclosed by a high wire fence, was the leper colony.
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