forcing house

English

forcing house (plural forcing houses)

A place where plants are forced into maturity sooner than would naturally happen.
(figuratively) Any place that promotes early development.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 763:
  Princeton University, forcing house for leaders of the Presbyterian Awakening, was a ready source of morale-boosting sermons and literature, and its Scottish President, John Witherspoon, was a leading figure in the Continental Congress through the revolutionary years.

单词	forcing house
释义	forcing house English Noun forcing house (plural forcing houses) A place where plants are forced into maturity sooner than would naturally happen. (figuratively) Any place that promotes early development. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 763: Princeton University, forcing house for leaders of the Presbyterian Awakening, was a ready source of morale-boosting sermons and literature, and its Scottish President, John Witherspoon, was a leading figure in the Continental Congress through the revolutionary years. See also hothouse
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