English Dictionary

madhouse

名詞

廃用 広義

(obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum. / (by extension) A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.

日本語の意味

（廃用語）精神障害者を収容する施設、すなわち精神病院や精神病収容所の意味。 / 比喩的に大混乱で騒がしい場所を指す。

In the nineteenth century, her relatives confined her in a madhouse, believing it would keep her safe.

19世紀、彼女の親族は彼女を当時の精神病院に収容し、それが彼女の安全を守ると信じていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.

The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all.

意味（2）

(by extension) A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.

madhouses （ plural ）