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  1. hothouse

    • IPA[ˈhätˌ(h)ous]

    美式

    • n.
      a heated building, typically made largely of glass, for rearing plants out of season or in a climate colder than is natural for them;an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way
    • v.
      educate (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual
    • verb: hothouse, 3rd person present: hothouses, gerund or present participle: hothousing, past tense: hothoused, past participle: hothoused

    • noun: hothouse, plural noun: hothouses

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a heated building, typically made largely of glass, for rearing plants out of season or in a climate colder than is natural for them hothouse plants
    • an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way the hothouse atmosphere of the college

    動詞

    • 1. educate (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual a school that had a reputation for hothousing its girls