niche

niche的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [nitʃ, ni:ʃ]
KK音标发音： [nɪtʃ, niʃ]

niche的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or an urn.
壁龛：墙壁上凹进去的空间，用来悬挂雕像或装饰品

2. A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock.
裂缝：裂痕、中空或裂隙，如在岩石上

3. A situation or an activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature:
合适的环境，活动：适合于人的兴趣、能力或性格的环境或活动：

found her niche in life.
找到她在生活中的定位

4. A special area of demand for a product or service:
产品或服务所需的特殊领域：

“One niche that is approaching mass-market proportions is held by regional magazines”(Brad Edmondson)
“正在接近群众市场比例的领域被地方性杂志占据着”(布拉德·埃德蒙森)

5. Ecology
【生态学】

6. The function or position of an organism or a population within an ecological community.
功能，位置：有机体或其数量在生态环境中的作用或地位

7. The particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.
生物居所的特定区间：在一个栖息地内一个有机体占据的特殊空间

niche的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

8. To place in a niche.
放置在壁内

niche的词源：

9. French
法语

10. from Old French
源自 古法语

11. from nichier [to nest] from Vulgar Latin *n^odic3re from Latin n^odus [nest]
源自 nichier [筑巢] 源自 俗拉丁语 *n^odic3re 源自 拉丁语 n^odus [巢]

12. or from Old Italian nicchio [seashell] perhaps from Latin m^otulus [mussel]
或源自 古意大利语 nicchio [海贝壳] 可能源自 拉丁语 m^otulus [贻贝]