scenery

/'si:nəri/

Thân thiện

The hikers stopped to admire the beautiful mountain scenery.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The natural features of a landscape, especially when considered in terms of their visual appearance. This refers to the general view of the land, including its physical elements like mountains, forests, and rivers.
   • The painted background, structures, and other pieces used on a theater stage to represent the location of a scene. This refers to the artificial, constructed environment in a theatrical production.

Examples

• Noun (Natural Landscape):
  • We stopped the car to admire the beautiful mountain scenery.
  • The train journey offers spectacular scenery along the coast.
• Noun (Theatrical Set):
  • The stage crew moved the scenery during the intermission.
  • The play's scenery was simple but very effective.

Advanced Usage

• "A change of scenery": A phrase meaning to go to a different place, often to refresh one's perspective or mood.
  • I've been working too hard; I need a change of scenery.
• "Steal the scenery" (or "chew the scenery"): An idiom in theater/film meaning to overact or perform in an exaggerated, attention-grabbing manner.
  • The veteran actor completely stole the scenery in his brief cameo role.

Variants and Related Words

• Scenic (adj): Having or providing beautiful natural scenery.
  • We took a drive along the scenic route.
• Scene (n): A specific place or setting, which can be part of the scenery.
  • The crime scene was cordoned off by police. (This is a different, though related, meaning from theatrical scenery.)

Synonyms

• Landscape: The visible features of an area of land.
• Vista: A pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening.
• Set (for theatrical meaning): The complete stage setting for a scene or play.
• Backdrop: A painted cloth or set wall at the back of a stage set.

Related Phrases

• Scenery-chewing: (noun) The act of overacting.
  • His performance was pure scenery-chewing, but the audience loved it.

Related Idioms

• Part of the scenery: To be so familiar or always present as to be unnoticed.
  • He's worked here so long he's just part of the scenery.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the appearance of a place
2. the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
   • they worked all night painting the scenery

Từ đồng nghĩa

• scene