| 单词 | hotbed |
| 释义 | hotbed /hot"bed'/, n. , v. , hotbedded, hotbedding. n. 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. 2. a place or environment favoring rapid growth or spread, esp. of something disliked or unwanted: a hotbed of disease. 3. 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.i. 4. Slang. to share a bed in shifts, so that it is always occupied. [1620-30; HOT + BED] |
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