hotbed

/hot-bed/US // ˈhɒtˌbɛd //UK // (ˈhɒtˌbɛd) //

温床,热床,热点,温室

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season.
- : a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, especially of something disliked or unwanted: a hotbed of disease.
- : Slang. a bed shared by two or more persons in shifts, each sleeping in it for or at a designated time and then vacating it for the next occupant.

v.无主动词 verb

1
hot·bed·ded, hot·bed·ding.
- : Slang. to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied.

as innerve center

Synonyms

Large gatherings can be a hotbed of germs, can pose dangers such as stampedes and heat stroke, and can encourage risky behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption and unprotected sex.
The Atlantic League, a hotbed for innovation in baseball, announced plans Wednesday to move the pitcher’s mound back 12 inches from home plate this season.
It has become such a hotbed for political news that Twitter has instituted fact checking on the site.
Africa’s southern Kalahari Desert is not typically regarded as a hotbed of Stone Age innovations.
Groups have been a hotbed for many of Facebook’s biggest problems, including misinformation and hate speech.
Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Cuba and the island has long been a hotbed of baseball talent.
In the early 1960s Cambridge University was a hotbed of cultural and social insurrection.
It is also overwhelmingly pro-regime, and since the start of Syrian unrest the region has become a hotbed of pro-Assad activity.
The Gorge has always been a hotbed of radicalism and arms smuggling, but now it is fast becoming a shahid factory.
As their grip loosens, the island, and particularly its capital city, is morphing into a fashionable, gorgeous hotbed of tourism.
The hotbed frames and sashes were put away for future use, as it was too late to need them now.

/hot-bed/US // ˈhɒtˌbɛd //UK // (ˈhɒtˌbɛd) //

温床,热床,热点,温室

n.名词 noun

1
- : a bottomless, boxlike, usually glass-covered structure and the bed of earth it covers, heated typically by fermenting manure or electrical cables, for growing plants out of season.
- : a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, especially of something disliked or unwanted: a hotbed of disease.
- : Slang. a bed shared by two or more persons in shifts, each sleeping in it for or at a designated time and then vacating it for the next occupant.

v.无主动词 verb

1
hot·bed·ded, hot·bed·ding.
- : Slang. to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied.

as innerve center

Synonyms

Large gatherings can be a hotbed of germs, can pose dangers such as stampedes and heat stroke, and can encourage risky behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption and unprotected sex.
The Atlantic League, a hotbed for innovation in baseball, announced plans Wednesday to move the pitcher’s mound back 12 inches from home plate this season.
It has become such a hotbed for political news that Twitter has instituted fact checking on the site.
Africa’s southern Kalahari Desert is not typically regarded as a hotbed of Stone Age innovations.
Groups have been a hotbed for many of Facebook’s biggest problems, including misinformation and hate speech.
Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Cuba and the island has long been a hotbed of baseball talent.
In the early 1960s Cambridge University was a hotbed of cultural and social insurrection.
It is also overwhelmingly pro-regime, and since the start of Syrian unrest the region has become a hotbed of pro-Assad activity.
The Gorge has always been a hotbed of radicalism and arms smuggling, but now it is fast becoming a shahid factory.
As their grip loosens, the island, and particularly its capital city, is morphing into a fashionable, gorgeous hotbed of tourism.
The hotbed frames and sashes were put away for future use, as it was too late to need them now.