搜尋結果
hothouse
- IPA[ˈhätˌ(h)ous]
美式
- 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
- 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