英和和英

形容詞

reformatory (comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory)

1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
   • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 49:

     Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.

名詞

reformatory (複数形 reformatories)

1. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
   • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45:

     It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.

同意語

• (for juveniles): reform school, borstal, approved school, youth detention centre, juvenile hall, detention home