Word · Frequency #21871
hothouse
温室
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- 1.
A heated greenhouse.
加热温室。
- 2.
a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
植物按令人愉悦的方式排列的温室
- 3.
An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
促进成长或发展的环境；温床。
- 4.
An environment full of conflict or plots.
充满冲突或阴谋的环境。
- 5.
A heated room for drying greenware.
干燥陶坯的加热室。
- 6.
A hot state in global climate.
全球气候的炎热状态。
加热温室。；植物按令人愉悦的方式排列的温室；促进成长或发展的环境；温床。；充满冲突或阴谋的环境。；干燥陶坯的加热室。
In use
The gardener moved the rare orchids into the hothouse before the cold snap.
Tomatoes grow faster in a hothouse, where the temperature and humidity are carefully controlled.
The hothouse was filled with colorful flowers even in the middle of winter.
a hothouse for sth
hothouse 是可数名词，指培育植物的温室。
The botanical garden has a hothouse for tropical plants.
植物园里有一座培育热带植物的温室。
in a hothouse
表示“在温室里”时，介词用 in。
These seedlings are raised in a hothouse.
这些幼苗是在温室里培育的。
hothouse + noun
hothouse 可以作定语修饰名词，如 hothouse roses（温室玫瑰）。
Connections
Collocations
- hothouse plant
- 温室植物
- Hothouse plants need careful attention to temperature and humidity.温室植物需要密切关注温度和湿度。
- hothouse tomatoes
- 温室番茄
- These hothouse tomatoes are ripe and juicy.这些温室番茄成熟多汁。
- hothouse cultivation
- 温室栽培
- Hothouse cultivation allows farmers to grow crops year-round.温室栽培使农民能够全年种植作物。
- hothouse conditions
- 温室环境
- The seedlings were raised under hothouse conditions.这些幼苗是在温室环境下培育的。
Idioms & figurative uses
- hothouse flower
- 温室花朵；（比喻）娇弱脆弱、需要呵护的人He had been a hothouse flower all his life and found it hard to cope with ordinary criticism.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 hothouse 拆成 hot（热）和 house（房子）：发热的玻璃房子里养花草，就是温室。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：gardening、horticulture 作名词时通常指温室，多用于园艺或植物栽培的语境；口语中更常说 greenhouse。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ouse 结尾，且末尾的 /aʊs/ 与 hothouse 的词尾 /haʊs/ 押韵：house, mouse, spouse, douse, louse, blouse。注意 arouse /əˈraʊz/ 和 rouse /raʊz/ 拼写相似但末尾是浊音 /z/，并不押韵；loose /luːs/、choose /tʃuːz/ 元音和尾音都不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.