ambience
英 [ˈæm.bi.əns]
美 [ˌɑːm.biˈɑːns]
1、amb- "around" + ire "go" => ambire "go around" => ambi-.
2、ambi- + -ence.
3、字面含义:go around, going round. => surrounding, encircling.
4. 在你两边、周围的的气氛、环境。
ambience 环境前缀ambi-, 两边,周围。-ience构成拉丁词ire的现在分词, -it构成拉丁词ire的过去分词,ire, 走,见commence,开始,adit,进,exit,出.
- ambience (n.)
- 1797, from French ambiance (see ambient). Compare ambiance.
- 1. The overall ambience of the room is cosy.
- 房间整体的感觉是温暖舒适。
- 2. the relaxed ambience of the city
- 这座城市轻松的氛围
- 3. This restaurant has a pleasant ambience.
- 这家饭店的环境优雅宜人.
- 4. The statue has a gentleness, an ambience, a wistful elegance.
- 那尊雕像具有一种柔和 、 一种独特格调 、 一种忧郁沉思的雅致.
- 5. The invaders have destroyed the, oh, I don't know what the right word is—the atmosphere, the ambience.
- 入侵者破坏了,嗯,我不知道用什么字眼好——气氛,氛围。