| 单词 | environs |
| 释义 | environs (once / 2975 pages) n The environs are the areas surrounding a specific place. If you want to go to Boston and its environs on vacation, you might spend time in downtown Boston, but you may also visit Cambridge, Braintree, and Lexington. In general, the environs are the areas surrounding a particular place or location. Environs is a plural noun taking a plural verb, and it comes from an Old French word, environer, meaning to enclose, surround, or encircle. When you book your hotel reservations, you should make sure the environs around the hotel are safe. No matter how clean the hotel is or how good the breakfast, you wouldn't want to stay in an area where you would be leery of going out at night. WORD FAMILYenviron: environed, environing, environs USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Washington slightly opened up the action to the three rooms of the house and environs. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) General Motors, Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are all engaged in autonomous vehicle projects based in Detroit’s environs. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Her imagination is a fun-house mirror that magnifies the oddities, intensifies the colors and warps every random detail of her environs in Paris’ Montmartre. Los Angeles Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1n the area in which something exists or lives Syn|Hypo|Hyper environment, surround, surroundings 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 an outer adjacent area of any place Syn|Hyper purlieu geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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