hotbed是什么意思？

hotbed

英[ˈhɒtbed] 美[ˈhɑtbed]

• n. （坏事、暴力等的）温床；

复数：hotbeds;

例句

• a hotbed of intrigue 阴谋的温床
• The city was known as a hotbed of intrigue. 这个城市被认为是个滋生阴谋诡计的温床.
• These are the seedlings that are hardening off in a hotbed. 这些是放在温床中经受耐寒锻炼的幼苗.
• The city is a hotbed of crime. 这个城市是犯罪的温床.
• ...a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance. 举世皆知现在是滋生种族褊狭的温床的国家

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （不良活动的）滋长地，温床
  If you say that somewhere is a hotbed of an undesirable activity, you are emphasizing that a lot of the activity is going on there or being started there.
  例句
  ...a state now known worldwide as a hotbed of racial intolerance. 举世皆知现在是滋生种族褊狭的温床的国家

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (坏事、暴力等的)温床
  a hotbed of intrigue 阴谋的温床 The city is a hotbed of crime. 这个城市是犯罪的温床。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad);
  "it was a hotbed of vice"
  2. a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants