noun🔗Share温床，苗床. 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. "园丁使用苗床来为春季花园育苗。agricultureplantsciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share温床，滋生地. (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. "这个社交媒体群变成了负面情绪和谣言的温床.environmentplacesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share冷却台，热床。 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. "铁匠把烧红的钢条放在冷却台上，以便冷却后打造成马蹄铁。materialmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
