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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

hotbed ['hɑt.bεd] [hɔtbed]
  1. 1. noun 温苗圃
  2. 2. noun 温床

Collins English-English Dictionary

hotbed ['hɒt"bεd]
  1. 1. n a glass-covered bed of soil, usually heated by fermenting material, used for propagating plants, forcing early vegetables, etc
  2. 2. n a place offering ideal conditions for the growth of an idea, activity, etc, esp one considered bad
    a hotbed of insurrection

Examples

It was a hotbed of vice.
这里是罪孽的滋生地。
战争策源地
a source of war; a hotbed of war
官僚主义是贿赂和腐败的温床。
Bureaucracy is a hotbed of bribery and corruption.
罪恶的渊薮
a hotbed (or breeding ground) of crime; a sink of iniquity
战争温床
hotbed of war
如果你常看娱乐新闻,会觉得文艺圈简直像个是非窝。
If you often watch entertainment news, you'll feel that the show business is really a hotbed of rumors.

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