hothouse
英 ['hɒthaʊs]
美
- n. 温室；温床
- adj. 温室的；过分保护的；娇弱的
词态变化
复数: hothouses;
中文词源
hothouse 温室，暖房
hot,热的，house,屋子。用来指湿室，暖房。
英文词源
- hothouse (n.)
- mid-15c., "bath house," from hot + house (n.). In 17c. a euphemism for "brothel" (similar to massage parlor); the meaning "glass-roofed structure for raising plants" is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.
- 在温室里培养出来的东西,不会有强大的生命力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "
- 我养活它们, 养在小温室里. ”
来自百科语句
- 4. A country like Norway could produce bananas in hothouse.
- 象挪威那样的国家,在温室中也能种植香蕉.
来自辞典例句
- 5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
- 该城市似乎是堕落的温床.
来自辞典例句