hothouse
英 ['h?tha?s]
美
- n. 溫室；溫床
- adj. 溫室的；過分保護(hù)的；嬌弱的
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?hothouses;
中文詞源
hothouse 溫室，暖房
hot,熱的，house,屋子。用來指濕室，暖房。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The vast crowds make Rome a frantic hothouse at times.
- 熙攘的人群有時(shí)將羅馬變成一個(gè)癲狂情緒的爆發(fā)地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.
- 在溫室里培養(yǎng)出來的東西,不會(huì)有強(qiáng)大的生命力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "
- 我養(yǎng)活它們, 養(yǎng)在小溫室里. ”
來自百科語句
- 4. A country like Norway could produce bananas in hothouse.
- 象挪威那樣的國家,在溫室中也能種植香蕉.
來自辭典例句
- 5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
- 該城市似乎是墮落的溫床.
來自辭典例句