greenhouse
greenhouse — 名詞
1. a glass-walled shelter where plants are grown under carefully controlled warmth
溫室
玻璃搭建的植物栽培屋
a glass-walled shelter where plants are grown under carefully controlled warmth and light, protected from cold outdoor conditions.
Tariq built a small greenhouse in his backyard to grow tomatoes all year.
Tariq 在後院蓋了一座小溫室,好讓番茄全年都能生長。
collocation: build a greenhouse
Bao adjusted the automatic vents inside the greenhouse when the temperature rose too high.
Bao 在溫室溫度過高時,調整了自動通風口。
collocation: inside the greenhouse
The botanical garden's greenhouse is open to visitors every weekend.
植物園的溫室每逢週末都對外開放參觀。
Jisoo works at the university greenhouse, caring for rare tropical orchids.
Jisoo 在大學的溫室工作,負責照顧稀有的熱帶蘭花。
During the frost, volunteers moved all the seedlings into the warm greenhouse.
寒流來襲時,志工把所有幼苗都搬進了溫暖的溫室。
- glasshouse
British English; same meaning but less common in American English.
- hothouse
a greenhouse that is kept very warm for tropical plants; also used figuratively (e.g. hothouse environment).
文法句型
a greenhouse
the greenhouse
greenhouses (plural)
用法筆記
A greenhouse may also be called a glasshouse, especially in British English. The term 'hothouse' refers to a greenhouse that is heated to very warm temperatures for tropical plants.
常見錯誤
greenhouse — 形容詞
1. relating to gases and other factors that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere and war
溫室效應的
與全球暖化及溫室效應相關的
relating to gases and other factors that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere and warm the planet — used especially in phrases like greenhouse gas, greenhouse emissions, and greenhouse effect.
Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels.
二氧化碳是燃燒化石燃料所產生最常見的溫室氣體。
collocation: greenhouse gas
Many countries have promised to cut their greenhouse emissions by 2030.
許多國家已承諾在 2030 年前削減溫室排放量。
collocation: greenhouse emissions
Without the natural greenhouse effect, Earth would be too cold for life.
少了自然的溫室效應,地球將會寒冷到無法孕育生命。
Scientists warn that rising greenhouse gas levels are causing sea levels to rise.
科學家警告,溫室氣體濃度上升正在導致海平面升高。
Vinícius wrote a school report on how greenhouse gas pollution affects polar ice.
Vinícius 寫了一份關於溫室氣體污染如何影響北極冰川的學校報告。
文法句型
greenhouse + noun
用法筆記
This adjective appears ONLY before a noun (attributive position). You cannot say 'This gas is greenhouse.' Instead, use a full phrase: 'This gas is a greenhouse gas.'