greenhouse

【发音】

美 /'ɡrinhaʊs/ 英 /'griːnhaus/

【翻译】

1. n. 温室， 暖房

   英释:a glass building used for growing plants that need warmth, light, and protection

【记忆】

green(绿色的) ＋ house(房子) → 温室

【短语】

1. greenhouse gas : n. 二氧化碳、甲烷等导致温室效应的气体

2. greenhouse effect : [化]温室效应

【例句】

1. What we are seeking, after all, is not simply an agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

   我们正在寻求的目标毕竟不只是一项限制温室气体排放的协议。

2. I think each and every one of us is responsible for the greenhouse gases we emit in our daily actions and choices.

   我认为每一个人都是我们每天的行动和选择中排放的温室气体的责任。

3. But presently it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and water was sprinkled over it, and day by day as it waited, a change began to come to it.

   但是过了不久，黏土又给人放进了一间温室，这里阳光和煦地照射着它，并且经常给它喷水，这样就在它一天天静静等候的时候，某种变化终于开始到来。

【真题例句】

1. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack...

2. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions mainly...

3. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner’s family...

4. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...energy use and greenhouse emissions more then double by 2050...

【同、近义词】

1. n.[园艺]温室

   heated housing/glasshouse/

【同根词】

1. n

   greenery : 绿色植物；温室