noun🔗Share温床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 gardener used the hotbed to start seedlings for the spring garden. "庭師は春の庭のために苗を始めるために温床を使用した。agricultureplantsciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share温床, 震源地(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable."The social media group became a hotbed for negativity and rumors. "そのソーシャルメディアグループは、否定的な意見や噂の温床となった。environmentplacesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share熱床An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool."The blacksmith placed the hot steel bar on the hotbed to cool before shaping it into a horseshoe. "鍛冶屋は、馬蹄形に成形する前に、熱い鋼鉄の棒を熱床に置いて冷やしました。materialmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
