名词

1. 大气;大气层;大气圈
A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.

2. （呼吸的）空气
The atmosphere of a place is the air that you breathe there.

3. 氛围；环境
The atmosphere of a place is the general impression that you get of it.

4. （地方或事件的）情调，魅力
If a place or an event has atmosphere, it is interesting.

1. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

e.g. an air of mystery
the house had a neglected air
an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
the place had an aura of romance

Synonym: airaura

2. the mass of air surrounding the Earth

e.g. there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere
it was exposed to the air

Synonym: air

3. the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

4. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

Synonym: standard atmosphereatmstandard pressure

5. the weather or climate at some place

e.g. the atmosphere was thick with fog

Synonym: atmospheric state

6. a particular environment or surrounding influence

e.g. there was an atmosphere of excitement

Synonym: ambianceambience