hothouse

英 [ˈhɒthaʊs]

美 [ˈhɑːthaʊs]

n.  温室; 暖房; 有利于迅速发展的地方(或环境); (尤指有利于思想感情发展的)温床

复数：hothouses　

TEM8

BNC.21871 / COCA.23071

牛津词典

noun

• 温室；暖房
  a heated building, usually made of glass, used for growing delicate plants in
  1. hothouse flowers
     温室花卉
• 有利于迅速发展的地方（或环境）；（尤指有利于思想感情发展的）温床
  a place or situation that encourages the rapid development of sb/sth, especially ideas and emotions

柯林斯词典

• （栽培花草的）温室，暖房
  Ahothouseis a heated building, usually made of glass, in which plants and flowers can be grown.
• N-COUNT （尤指思想或感情活动的）爆发地，温床
  You can refer to a situation or place as ahothousewhen there is intense activity, especially intellectual or emotional activity.
  1. The vast crowds make Rome a frantic hothouse at times.
     熙攘的人群有时将罗马变成一个癫狂情绪的爆发地。
  2. ...the reputation of the College as a hothouse of novel ideas.
     该学院享有的新思想摇篮的美誉

英英释义

noun

• a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
  Synonym:conservatoryindoor garden

双语例句

• Mixed with the ups and downs of life, to hold on Yo! Hothouse flowers, stood outside the environment?
  生活搀杂着酸甜苦辣，要坚持住呦！温室里的花，经得起外界的环境吗？
• These plant are very delicate and can only grow in a hothouse
  这些植物非常娇嫩，只能在温室里培植
• Mr. Craig had been proud to show his taste and his hothouse plants on the occasion.
  在这种场合，克莱格先生正好来表现他的风雅嗜好和炫示那些在温室里培养出来的花草。
• The instant and anonymous connectivity of the Internet and talk radio became a hothouse for hate.
  可即时互动并且匿名发言的互联网与清谈电台节目成为美国人表达仇恨的聚集地。
• The utility model relates to a hothouse greenhouse which is the improvement of a supporting framework of hothouse greenhouses.
  本实用新型涉及一种温室大棚，具体地说是温室大棚支撑骨架的改进。
• That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
  该城市似乎是堕落的温床。
• Construction of the Parthenon was championed by Pericles, Athens's most popular elected politician. Mr. Craig had been proud to show his taste and his hothouse plants on the occasion.
  帕台农神庙正是由古雅典公推最孚众望的政治家培里克利斯一手促成的。在这种场合，克莱格先生正好来表现他的风雅嗜好和炫示那些在温室里培养出来的花草。
• We're living in a hothouse of media-projected fear.
  我们就住在一个由媒体炮制出来的恐惧温室里。
• This was the old system, before clubs opened academies to hothouse kids.
  过去的体制就是这样，后来各个俱乐部纷纷开校办学，招收那些温室里长大的孩子。
• It is focusing on a defensible global niche, telecommunications networks, and trying to turn itself into a creative hothouse.
  目前，爱立信专注于一个自身防备强大的全球利基市场：电信网络；并且逐渐将自身转变为创新型企业。