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温室 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conservatory noun A glass-walled room attached to a house, used for growing plants or as a sitting room.
  • greenhouse noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  • hothouse noun A heated greenhouse used for growing plants that need warmth.

Senses

温室 is used for these senses in English:

  • conservatory A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
  • greenhouse A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
  • hothouse A heated greenhouse.

conservatory — full definition

  1. noun A glass-walled room attached to a house, used for growing plants or as a sitting room.
  2. noun A school specialising in music, drama, or another performing art.
  3. noun A large greenhouse used to display or grow plants.

greenhouse — full definition

  1. noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  2. noun Used in "greenhouse effect" or "greenhouse gas" to describe the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere.
  3. verb To grow or nurture something, especially plants, in protected conditions.

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