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

• 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
• Application of Mini Control System to Multifunction Hothouse
  微控制系统在多功能温室大棚中的应用
• 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 new high intensity for framework greenhouses, belonging to the class of agricultural hothouse greenhouses brackets.
  新型大棚高强度骨架，属于农业温室大棚支架类；
• Mistakes in strategy, sensibility, or execution are inevitable in the hothouse environment.
  在这样一个敏感的环境里，主办方在策略、敏感度或执行方面难免偶有出错。
• 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？
• Here is a foreign hothouse plant, too tender for the gardens of the North.
  对于北国的花园说来，它是太娇嫩了；
• 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 result has been a hothouse culture where creativity is king, attention focuses inward, and marketability falls low down the list of corporate priorities.
  久而久之，本田养成了一种创意为王的温室文化，将注意力集中在公司内部，产品的适销性反而没有得到足够的关注。
• And should the world care who sits in the political hothouse?
  世界是否应该在意日本首相府到底住着谁？