英语词汇“hotbed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hotbed

/ˈhɒtbɛd

noun

1An environment promoting the growth of something, especially something unwelcome: the country was a hotbed of revolt and dissension...

It has always been a hotbed of espionage activity.
It's also a hotbed of heterosexual sex - not something that's normally rife at fashion magazines, which are staffed chiefly by women and gay men.
Offices are regularly swept for bugs, and even after the Cold War the United Nations remains for some a hotbed of espionage.

Synonyms

breeding ground, nursery, cradle, nest, den, seedbed, forcing house

2A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure, for raising or forcing plants.

单词	hotbed
释义	hotbed /ˈhɒtbɛd / noun 1An environment promoting the growth of something, especially something unwelcome: the country was a hotbed of* revolt and dissension... It has always been a hotbed of espionage activity. It's also a hotbed of heterosexual sex - not something that's normally rife at fashion magazines, which are staffed chiefly by women and gay men. Offices are regularly swept for bugs, and even after the Cold War the United Nations remains for some a hotbed of espionage. Synonyms breeding ground*, nursery, cradle, nest, den, seedbed, forcing house 2A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure, for raising or forcing plants.
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