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1. Oxford Dictionary

   hothouse

   • IPA[ˈhɒthaʊs]

   英式

   • n.
     a heated greenhouse in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown；an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way
   • v.
     educate or teach (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

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a heated greenhouse in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown hothouse plants
   • ▪ an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way the hothouse atmosphere of the college

   v.

   動詞

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