hotbed
A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the…A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.
» The warehouse district is fast turning into a hotbed of criminal activity.
Значение
значений: 3A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.
Near-synonym: hotbox
Frühbeet, Treibbeet, Mistbeet
парни́кparník
a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
(шире)An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
Brutstätte, Nährboden, Hort
расса́дникrassádnik
a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
Примеры
предложений: 6The warehouse district is fast turning into a hotbed of criminal activity.
This part of Oran is a hotbed for vice.
This region of Pakistan is a hotbed for extremist movements.
The Sahara Desert has become a hotbed for terrorism and organized crime.
The arid mountains to the West have become a hotbed of terrorist activity.