That which stands around or surrounds; the totality of surrounding things; surroundings; environment. Obsolete (exc. nonce-use as in 1832).
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释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment (20) circumstancea1340 That which stands around or surrounds; the totality of surrounding things; surroundings; environment. Obsolete (exc. nonce-use as in 1832). encompassure1600 That which encompasses; environment. environry1600 = environment, n. 2a. vironry1600 Environment. attendment1646 A thing that attends, plural surroundings. circumambiency1646 Circumambient quality or condition; that which encompasses; surrounding, environment. ambience1648 Environment, surroundings; atmosphere, esp. of a pleasant or appealing nature. Frequently (esp. in later use): the mood, character, or atmosphere… environment1725 The area surrounding a place or thing; the environs, surroundings, or physical context. Also figurative. circumjacency1751 The quality of being circumjacent; concrete (in plural) circumjacent parts, environs. environ1762 A surrounding area or district. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare (largely replaced by environment). environage1831 The aggregate of all the things, circumstances, etc., surrounding a person or thing; one's environment. setting1841 transferred and figurative. The environment or surroundings in which a person or thing is ‘set’; the literary framework of a narrative or other… enshrinement1849 the action of enshrining, in quot. figurative; also concrete that which enshrines or envelops; in plural the surroundings. entourage1850 Surroundings, environment; esp. the assemblage of persons who surround, or are in attendance on, a superior. milieu1854 An environment; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. medium, n. 5b. surroundings1861 plural. Those things which surround a person or thing, or in the midst of which he or it (habitually) is; things around (collectively); environment. ambiente1862 Mood, character, atmosphere, esp. of a particular place. Cf. ambience, n. 1. Chiefly in Italian- and Spanish-speaking contexts. mise-en-scène1871 The setting, surroundings, or background of any event or action. surround1922 The area or substance surrounding something; the vicinity, surroundings, or environment (of something). Umwelt1964 The outer world, or reality, as it affects the organisms inhabiting it. |
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