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

• Under such policies, Latin America became a veritable hothouse of industrial diversification.
  在这样的政策下，拉丁美洲变成了一个真正的产业多元化的温室。
• When the aloe which grows wild in Fujian comes to Beijing, it is ushered into a hothouse and given the beautiful name "Dragon Tongue Orchid".
  福建野生着的芦荟，一到北京就进温室，且美其名曰“龙舌兰”。
• That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
  该城市似乎是堕落的温床。
• 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。
• But he went on blow, blow, blowing, in the Doctor's hothouse, all the time; and the Doctor's glory and reputation were great, when he took his wintry growth home to his relations and friends.
  可是他在博士的温室中一直继续生长着，生长着，生长着。当他把他冬天生长出的产品带回家中，呈现在他的亲友面前时，博士就得到了极大的光荣与声誉。
• People cultivating their feelings in a kind of hothouse atmosphere.
  在某种充满激情的氛围中陶冶情绪的人们。
• All those clever, competitive people in a hothouse together without a few duds to discourage them from inventing derivatives so complicated that no one could understand them.
  所有那些聪敏的、有竞争力的人都聚在一个温室，但没有几个“庸才”来阻止这些人发明如此复杂、无人能够参透的金融衍生品。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。