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glasshouse

/glas-hous, glahs-/US // ˈglæsˌhaʊs, ˈglɑs- //UK // (ˈɡlɑːsˌhaʊs) //

玻璃屋,玻璃房,玻璃温室,冰室

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural glass·hous·es [glas-hou-ziz, glahs-]. /ˈglæsˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈglɑs-/.

    • : a glassworks.
    • : Chiefly British. a green-house.
    • : British Informal. a military prison.

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Examples

  • When the glasshouse site was excavated in 1948 only small fragments and drippings—dark green in color—were found.

  • On the way thither an old-fashioned yew hedge may be seen round about a vast glasshouse.

  • Daisy said it was a place in Glasshouse Street for which she had no very great affection.

  • All the glasshouse was spanned and arched over with one beautiful vine.

  • A long-established legend that beads were manufactured at the Jamestown glasshouse is without archeological evidence.