ambient

Definitions

amb- (around) + it (go) + -ent = going around. Whatever 'goes around' you is ambient: ambient light, ambient noise, ambient temperature — the conditions circulating in your surroundings. Same amb- as in ambition (going around to canvass).

Common Collocations

• 1.ambient temperature环境温度
• 2.ambient noise环境噪音
• 3.ambient light环境光线
• 4.ambient music环境音乐

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Store perishables below the ambient temperature.

• 2.

  Soft ambient music played in the background.