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

hothouse plant n. a plant grown in a hothouse; (figurative) someone or something that is artificial, delicate, or fragile.

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1771 W. Malcolm (title) A catalogue of hot-house and green-house plants.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxi. 201 Mrs. Wititterly is of a very excitable nature, very delicate, very fragile; a hothouse plant.

1900 Course of Study Dec. 263/2 Art, as a thing by itself, is a sickly, enclosed hothouse plant.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 66/3 (advt.) Water Lilies are guaranteed to grow—why take risks with hothouse plants?

1999 Times of India (Nexis) 18 July So how does this hothouse plant manage to survive? On the passion of a handful.

单词	hothouse plant
释义	> as lemmas hothouse plant hothouse plant n. a plant grown in a hothouse; (figurative) someone or something that is artificial, delicate, or fragile. ΚΠ 1771 W. Malcolm (title) A catalogue of hot-house and green-house plants. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxi. 201 Mrs. Wititterly is of a very excitable nature, very delicate, very fragile; a hothouse plant. 1900 Course of Study Dec. 263/2 Art, as a thing by itself, is a sickly, enclosed hothouse plant. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 66/3 (advt.) Water Lilies are guaranteed to grow—why take risks with hothouse plants? 1999 Times of India (Nexis) 18 July So how does this hothouse plant manage to survive? On the passion of a handful. extracted from hothousen. < as lemmas
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