单词 | hotbed |
释义 | hotbed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhotbedhot‧bed /ˈhɒtbed $ ˈhɑːt-/ noun → a hotbed of somethingExamples from the Corpushotbed• You may know Quebec as a hotbed of ornery, croissant-munching separatists.• No longer does the complex have the reputation as a hotbed of Merseyside militancy.• The Ariadne, if I may put it that way, is a hotbed of super-sensitivity.• Vasey's, like any other establishment, was a hotbed of gossip.• Since the province was a hotbed of gentry resistance to the emancipation, confrontation looked a real possibility.• The Northern Band was centred in Kurunagala district, which was long considered the hotbed of the crime. |
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