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- a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament（尤指放置雕像或其他装饰物的）壁龛。
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one's niche
a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment舒适的生活定位; 合适的职位。
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- a specialized but profitable corner of the market利基市场, 缝隙市场：
as modifier important new niche markets.重要的新利基市场。
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- Ecology a position or role taken by a kind of organism within its community. Such a position may be occupied by different organisms in different localities, e.g. antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia.【生态】生态龛, 小生境。
词源
early 17th cent.: from French, literally 'recess', from nicher 'make a nest', based on Latin nidus 'nest'.