5[countableC usually singular]AIR the air inside a room 〔室内的〕空气
a smoky atmosphere
烟雾弥漫的空气
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + atmosphere
a good atmosphere
The club has a good atmosphere.
a happy/cheerful atmosphere
It's a good school and it has a very happy atmosphere.
a relaxed/friendly/informal atmosphere
Helen's flat has a very relaxed atmosphere.
a carnival/festive atmosphere (=when people are celebrating something)
Outside the stadium, there was a carnival atmosphere.
a welcoming atmosphere (=when a place you arrive at feels friendly)
The bar provides a welcoming atmosphere for a relaxing evening drink.
a cosy atmosphere (=when a building, room etc is small, comfortable, and warm)
With its low ceilings and open fire, the house has a cosy atmosphere.
a bad atmosphere
There's a bad atmosphere among the staff.
a strained/tense atmosphere (=not relaxed)
As soon as I went in, I was aware of the tense atmosphere in the room.
verbs
the atmosphere changes
New owners bought the hotel and the whole atmosphere changed.
create a good/bad atmosphere
Lighting is one of the most effective ways of creating a good atmosphere.
Examples from the Corpus
atmosphere• We're trying to create an atmosphere of trust between management and staff.• Why does Venus have a hellishhothouse of an atmosphere and the Moon have no atmosphere at all?• The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendlyatmosphere.• the heatedatmosphere of the House of Commons• Dim lighting creates a relaxingatmosphere.• Not so long ago he had been uncomfortable in the atmosphere of the seemingly unbridled physicality of Dunham dancing.• The important differences were in the atmosphere.• The winemellowed the atmosphere between them, and Blanche felt less hurried than the week before to extract information from him.• The colour although simple does give a feeling of the atmosphere and time of year.• We can no longer treat the atmosphere above us like a dustbin, and the seas around us like a sewer.• The atmosphere in the meeting was tense.• The atmosphere on board the Confederateflagship, the ram Tennessee, was altogether different.