hothouse
英 [ˈhɒt.haʊs]
美 [ˈhɑːt.haʊs]
- n. 温室;温床
- adj. 温室的;过分保护的;娇弱的
将“hothouse”拆解为“hot”和“house”。想象一个房子里“hot”(热的),用来描述一个生长条件控制得非常严格,如同在一个温暖的人工环境中,植物等物体迅速生长的地方。这样的场景可以帮助记忆“hothouse”是指温室或控制生长环境的房间。
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hothouse 温室,暖房hot,热的,house,屋子。用来指湿室,暖房。
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 3. I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "
- 我养活它们, 养在小温室里. ”
- 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.
- 5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
- 该城市似乎是堕落的温床.