hothouse
noun
uk/ˈhɒt.haʊs/us/ˈhɑːt.haʊs/hothousenoun(FOR PLANTS)
[C]
aheatedglassbuildingin whichplantsaregrown:
温室，暖房hothousetomatoes温室西红柿
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Garden buildings & structures
- belvedere
- bird table
- birdbath
- cloche
- cold frame
- gazebo
- glasshouse
- greenhouse
- grow house
- hoophouse
- pergola
- polytunnel
- potting shed
- shed
- sitootery
- toolshed
- water feature
- wigwam
- woodpile
- woodshed
hothousenoun(EDUCATION)
[Cusually singular]oftendisapproving
aplaceorenvironmentin whichpeople,especiallychildren, aretaughttodevelopskillsandknowledgemorequicklythanusual:
（使受教育者，尤指儿童，迅速获取技能和知识的）优越环境，温室环境He wasattractedby the hothouseatmosphereof Britain'stopschools.英国精英中学的优越环境吸引了他。
Types of education
- abstinence education
- abstinence programme
- abstinence-only
- academically
- adaptive learning
- CAL
- child-centred
- classroom
- communicative
- heuristic
- homeschooler
- homeschooling
- hybrid
- m-learning
- mainstreaming
- mobile learning
- nursery
- special educational needs
- VLE
- vocationally
hothousenoun(BUSY PLACE)
[C]
aplacewhere there is a lot of aparticularactivity:
（某活动比较集中的）地方，场所aliterary/politicalhothouse文学／政治的温室
Busy and active
- abustle
- arena
- be (as) busy as a beeidiom
- be all goidiom
- be at workidiom
- be back in harnessidiom
- boot
- frenetic
- frenetically
- gangbusters
- girlie swot
- hard-working
- plate
- rev
- run round
- run round in circlesidiom
- run round like a headless chickenidiom
- rush/runsomeoneofftheirfeetidiom
- scurry
- spread
hothouse
verb[T]
oftendisapprovinguk/ˈhɒt.haʊz/us/ˈhɑːt.haʊz/to give achilda lot ofextrateachingortrainingin anactivityorsubject, because youwantthem to be very good at it:
Sheclaimshe isruininghis children'slivesbyhothousingthem.
The morechildrenare hothoused, the more they arelikelyto bestressedinsteadofstimulated.
Teaching in general
- asynchronous
- chief academic officer
- CLIL
- clue
- clue in
- communicative
- didactic
- disciplinary
- instruct
- multi-course
- non-conditioned
- non-didactic
- non-education
- non-educational
- socialize
- special education
- SRE
- synchronous
- teachsomeonea lessonidiom
- teachable