| 释义 | 
		hotbed美 ['hɑt.bed]  英 ['hɒt.bed]  n. breeding ground,source,focus,hothouse,centre 1.  | [ususing] ~ of sth (坏事、暴力等的)温床a place where a lot of a particular activity, especially sth bad or violent, is happening  |  
  | The area was a hotbed of crime. 这个地区以前是犯罪活动的温床。  |  
 n.  | 1. an environment in which something flourishes or happens frequently, especially something undesirable 2. a planting bed covered with glass and heated with electricity or by the action of fermenting manure to aid in quick germination of seeds and growth of plants 3. a place where there are a lot of people involved in a particular activity  |  
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