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BNC: 32677 COCA: 17295

hotbed

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
hotbed /ˈhɑːtˌbɛd/ noun
plural hotbeds
hotbed
/ˈhɑːtˌbɛd/
noun
plural hotbeds
Learner's definition of HOTBED
[count]
: a place where something grows or develops easily : a place where something happens very commonly温床;滋生地;事件频发的地方
BNC: 32677 COCA: 17295

hotbed

noun

hot·​bed ˈhät-ˌbed How to pronounce hotbed (audio)
1
: a bed of soil enclosed in glass, heated especially by fermenting manure, and used for forcing or for raising seedlings
2
: an environment that favors rapid growth or development
a hotbed of activity

Example Sentences

a hotbed of political unrest prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British
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Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hotbed was in 1626
BNC: 32677 COCA: 17295

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