Niche



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 放艺术品等的) 壁龛; 合适的位置
• ［英］ n. ( 放艺术品等的) 壁龛 ( a recess in wall; 合适的位置 ( a suitable place or position)
• ［例］ He found his niche in politics.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from nicher to nest, from Vulgar Latin *nidicare, from Latin nidus nest — more at nest
• Date: 1611
• 1.
  • a. a recess in a wall especially for a statue
  • b. something that resembles a niche
• 2.
  • a. a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted <finally found her niche>
  • b. a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species
  • c. the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption
  • d. a specialized market

II. transitive verb (niched; niching)

• Date: 1752
• to place in or as if in a niche

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