| 单词 | environs |
| 释义 | environsWord family verbenvironnounenvirons Geography en·vi·rons /ɪnˈvaɪrənz/ noun [plural] formalSG the area surrounding a place 周围地区 people living in Geneva and its environs 居住在日内瓦及其周围地区的人 outside the environs of the college 在学院周围地区以外 Examples from the Corpus environs• S., a Montgomery, Ala., fishing group dedicated to education and catch-and-release conservation of bass environs.• We became very familiar with Boston and its environs.• After Jeffery's death in November 1771, Ainslie returned home and shortly thereafter made a map of Jedburgh and its environs.• Framsden mill and its environs will illustrate what I mean about the compactness and self-sufficiency of the rural villages in East Anglia.• A day spent exploring the environs of Keld is a day to remember.• He was aware of traffic hazards in the environs of Bristol and stretches of hazardous road in the Gloucestershire countryside.• It is clearly a bourgeois drama and takes place in an upper middle-class home in the environs of London.• A visitor to Keld does not have to be a long-distance walker to enjoy the scenic delights of the environs.• Lawrence, whose preference for more temperate seas brings it perilously close to the environs of civilization. (1600-1700) French environ; → ENVIRONMENT |
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