halfway house noun
plural halfway houses
plural halfway houses
Learner's definition of HALFWAY HOUSE
1
[count] : a place where people who have recently left a prison, mental hospital, etc., can live until they are considered ready to live by themselves(为刚出狱或离开精神病院的人设立的)过渡教习所,重返社会训练所,中途之家
2
[singular] chiefly British : something that combines the qualities or features of two different things两种迥然不同事物特性的)结合体,折中