| 单词 | niche |
| 释义 | niche (once / 1046 pages) n A niche is a space that's all your own, from a literal corner or enclosure to some kind of professional specialty. Like finding a niche in the scented soaps market with peanut butter body wash and winning over a loyal, if not nutty, following. In the 1600s, niche was first recorded as meaning a “shallow recess in a wall." The figurative sense of the word didn’t come about for another century. So today, you can use niche literally to refer to a cranny or crevice, or figuratively to talk about an activity or role in life that is particularly suited a person’s interests or talents. Synonyms range from alcove and compartment to nook and opening. WORD FAMILYniche: niches USAGE EXAMPLESPerhaps more challenging, it must find its niche at a difficult moment for its art form. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Additionally, she said, no federal regulations or standards govern the sleep tech niche. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Albums at that time, nearly dead in the music industry, remained a niche of audiophiles and collectors. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n a small concavity Syn|Hypo|Hyper corner, recess, recession pharyngeal recess a small recess in the wall of the pharynx concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 2n an enclosure that is set back or indented Syn|Hypo|Hyper recess alcove, bay a small recess opening off a larger room apse, apsisa domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar cinerarium, columbariuma niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead fireplace, hearth, open fireplacean open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built mihrab(Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca carrel, carrell, cubicle, stallsmall individual study area in a library firea fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning tribunethe apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne enclosure a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose 3n a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it he found his niche in the academic world Hyper place, station proper or designated social situation 4n (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) Syn|Hyper ecological niche condition, status a state at a particular time |
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