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.
熙攘的人群有時將羅馬變成一個癲狂情緒的爆發地。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.
在溫室里培養出來的東西,不會有強大的生命力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I used to keep them alive -- in a small hothouse. "
我養活它們, 養在小溫室里. ”
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.