hothouse

英 ['hɒthaʊs] 美 ['hɑːthaʊs]

• n. 温室；温床
• adj. 温室的；长于温室的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Most of the vegetables grow in the hothouse in winter.
   在冬天,大多数的蔬菜种在温室里。
2. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
   该城市似乎是堕落的温床。

经典引文

• Modern German art..appears to me a feeble, hothouse product.

  出自： J. S. Mill

• Opera will never cease to be a hothouse plant in this country.

  出自：Listener

词汇搭配

• mushroom hothouse 蘑菇栽培室

近反义词

【近义词】

• conservatory 温室
• greenhouse 温室
• nursery 托儿所
• orangery 橘园
• glasshouse 温室
• winter garden 冬景花园
• indoor garden 室内花园