英语单词

hothouse是什么意思

hothouse

英 ['hɒthaʊs] 美
  • n. 温室;温床
  • adj. 温室的;过分保护的;娇弱的

中文词源


hothouse 温室,暖房

hot,热的,house,屋子。用来指湿室,暖房。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "
我养活它们, 养在小温室里. ”

来自百科语句

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.

来自辞典例句

5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
该城市似乎是堕落的温床.

来自辞典例句

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