niche

单词音标

niche音标[nitʃ]

汉语翻译

n. 壁龛

vt. 放入壁龛, 安顿

【医】 龛, 龛影

词型变化

动词过去式:niched过去分词:niched现在分词:niching第三人称单数:niches

英语解释

名词 niche:

a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

a small concavity

同义词：recess, recession, corner

an enclosure that is set back or indented

同义词：recess

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

同义词：ecological niche

例句

Holidays in the Antarctic are a niche market.

南极假日游是一个利基市场。

Claude was probably a humbug, whose vanity, ambition, and intelligence led him to carve out a niche as the wickedest man in the world; there is always room for a sadist at the top.

克劳德或许不过是个骗子，他的虚荣、野心和才智使他在世上恶人中争得魁首之名：有残忍癖，总能爬上顶端。

He found the right niche for himself.

他发现了一个适合他的职位。

详细解释

niche

n.（名词）

A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or an urn.

壁龛：墙壁上凹进去的空间，用来悬挂雕像或装饰品

A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock.

裂缝：裂痕、中空或裂隙，如在岩石上

A situation or an activity specially suited to a person`s interests, abilities, or nature:

合适的环境，活动：适合于人的兴趣、能力或性格的环境或活动：

例句：

found her niche in life.

找到她在生活中的定位

A special area of demand for a product or service:

产品或服务所需的特殊领域：

例句：

.One niche that is approaching mass-market proportions is held by regional magazines.(Brad Edmondson)

.正在接近群众市场比例的领域被地方性杂志占据着.(布拉德·埃德蒙森)

Ecology

【生态学】

The function or position of an organism or a population within an ecological community.

功能，位置：有机体或其数量在生态环境中的作用或地位

The particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.

生物居所的特定区间：在一个栖息地内一个有机体占据的特殊空间

v.tr.（及物动词）

niched,nich.ing,nich.es

To place in a niche.

放置在壁内

来源：

French

法语

from Old French

源自 古法语

from nichier [to nest] from Vulgar Latin *nodic3re from Latin nodus [nest]

源自 nichier [筑巢] 源自 俗拉丁语 *nodic3re 源自 拉丁语 nodus [巢]

or from Old Italian nicchio [seashell] perhaps from Latin motulus [mussel]

或源自 古意大利语 nicchio [海贝壳] 可能源自 拉丁语 motulus [贻贝]