| 单词 | surroundings |
| 释义 | surroundings (once / 423 pages) n Your surroundings are the things all around you. When you park your car in a huge lot, paying attention to your surroundings can help you find the car again later. You can use the noun surroundings to mean the nearby environment — all of the objects close by, as well as the location itself — and also the circumstances or conditions where you are. When someone builds a house, the surroundings will help determine which direction it will face and how many windows it will have. Surroundings stems from surround, "be all around," but originally "flood or overflow." WORD FAMILYsurrounding: surroundings+/surround: surrounded, surrounding, surrounds USAGE EXAMPLESBurnett, too, was amazed by his surroundings — but for slightly different reasons. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Others don’t want it, saying the proliferation of phones would distract from the natural beauty of the surroundings. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Digital maps will be essential for self-driving cars, which require precise, up-to-date information about a vehicle’s surroundings. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1n the area in which something exists or lives Syn|Hypo|Hyper environment, environs, surround ambiance, ambience the atmosphere of an environment mediumthe surrounding environment scene, settingthe context and environment in which something is set elementthe most favorable environment for a plant or animal habitat, home groundthe type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs melting potan environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated partsthe local environment scenarioa setting for a work of art or literature habitationthe native habitat or home of an animal or plant geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth 2n the environmental condition Syn|Hyper milieu environment the totality of surrounding conditions |
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