corner
英 [ˈkɔːnə(r)]
美 [ˈkɔːrnər]
n. 角; 有…角的; 涉及…群体的; 墙角; 壁角
v. 使(人或动物)走投无路; 逼…入绝境; 硬要走近想与(某人)说话; 垄断(某种货品的交易)
复数:corners 过去分词:cornered 过去式:cornered 现在分词:cornering 第三人称单数:corners
Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1104 / COCA.1127
习惯用语
n.
- (just) around/round the corner
- 很近;在附近
very near - Her house is just around the corner.
她的房子就在附近。 - There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come) .
好时光很快就会来临。 cut corners - (常不按规则或省略地)用最简捷经济的方式做事,图省事;(做事)走捷径
to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out cut the corner - 走捷径;抄近道
to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker see sth out of the corner of your eye - 偶然瞟见;睨视
to see sth by accident or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it - Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer.
她用眼一瞟,见他正向她走过来。 turn the corner - (患病时期)转危为安,脱离危险,好转;渡过难关;脱离困境
to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve fight your/sb's corner - 维护地位(或立场等)
to defend your/sb's position against other people a tight spot/corner - 困境;险境
a very difficult or dangerous situation
牛津词典
noun
- 建筑物;物体;形状 of building/object/shape
- 角
a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join- the four corners of a square
正方形的四个角 - Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
把你的地址写在信的右上角。 - I hit my knee on the corner of the table.
我的膝盖撞到桌子角上了。 - A smile lifted the corner of his mouth.
他的嘴角挂着微笑。 - a speck of dirt in the corner of her eye
她眼角里的一点灰尘
有…角 -cornered - the four corners of a square
- 有…角的;涉及…群体的
with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned- a three-cornered hat
三角帽 - a three-cornered fight
三方争斗
房间;箱子 of room/box - a three-cornered hat
- 角;墙角;壁角
the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place- There was a television in the far corner of the room.
房间那一头的墙角里摆着一台电视机。 - a corner table/seat/cupboard
靠墙角的桌子 / 座位 / 橱柜
道路 of roads - There was a television in the far corner of the room.
- 街角;拐角
a place where two streets join- There was a group of youths standing on the street corner .
有一群年轻人站在街角。 - Turn right at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards.
在夕阳街和新月山庄大街路口向右转。 - There's a hotel on/at the corner of my street.
我住的那条街拐角上有一家饭店。 - The wind hit him as he turned the corner .
他在街角一拐弯,狂风就向他袭来。
- There was a group of youths standing on the street corner .
- (道路的)急转弯
a sharp bend in a road- The car was taking the corners too fast.
那车急转弯时开得太快。
地区;区域 area/region - The car was taking the corners too fast.
- (有时指偏僻或难以到达的)区域,地区
a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach)- She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire.
她居住在约克郡乡间一个僻静的地方。 - Students come here from the four corners of the world.
学生从世界各地来到这里。 - He knew every corner of the old town.
他熟悉这座古镇的每个角落。
困境 difficult situation - She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire.
- 困境;窘境
a difficult situation- to back/drive/force sb into a corner
把某人逼入困境 - They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it.
他们把她逼得走投无路,而且她也没有什么办法脱身。 - He was used to talking his way out of tight corners .
他惯于凭借口才摆脱困境。
体育运动 in sport - to back/drive/force sb into a corner
- 角球
a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field- to take a corner
开角球 - The referee awarded a corner.
裁判员判给了一次角球。
- to take a corner
- 场角;(场角处的)辅助人员
any of the four corners of a ring ; the supporters who help in the corner
verb
- 使落入圈套 trap sb
- 使(人或动物)走投无路;逼…入绝境
to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape- The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
那名男子最终被警方逼到了车库里。 - If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自卫的。
- The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
- 硬要走近想与(某人)说话
to go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them- I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.
我发觉她在楼梯上迎面过来非要与我说话。
市场 the market - I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.
- 垄断(某种货品的交易)
to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods- They've cornered the market in silver.
他们垄断了白银市场。
车辆;司机 of vehicle/driver - They've cornered the market in silver.
- 转弯;拐弯
to go around a corner- The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners) .
这辆汽车转弯性能极佳。
- The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners) .
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 角
Acorneris a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.- He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
他看见杂志的一角从毯子下露了出来。 - Write 'By Airmail' in the top left hand corner.
在左上角写上“航空邮递”。
- He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
- N-COUNT 角;墙角;壁角
Thecornerof a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.- ...a card table in the corner of the living room...
起居室角落里的牌桌 - The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net...
球飞进了球网的远角。 - Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.
最后我在钢琴旁的阴暗角落里发现了它。
- ...a card table in the corner of the living room...
- N-COUNT (嘴)角;(眼)角
Thecorner ofyour mouth or eye is the side of it.- She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth...
她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。 - Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped.
她用眼角的余光瞥见一辆车停了下来。
- She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth...
- N-COUNT 街角;拐角
Thecornerof a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.- She would spend the day hanging round street corners...
她会整天在街角附近游荡。 - We can't have police officers on every corner...
不可能每个街角都派驻警察。 - He waited until the man had turned a corner.
他一直等到那个男人拐过街角。
- She would spend the day hanging round street corners...
- N-COUNT (道路的)转弯处
Acorneris a bend in a road.- ...a sharp corner...
急转弯 - The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
- ...a sharp corner...
- N-COUNT (遥远或难以到达的)角落,偏远处
If you talk about thecorners ofthe world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to.- Buyers came from all corners of the world...
买主来自世界各地。 - The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
该部落一直居住在柬埔寨的丛林深处。
- Buyers came from all corners of the world...
- (足球、曲棍球等的)角球
In football, hockey, and some other sports, acorneris a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch. - VERB 将…逼入死角;使走投无路
If youcornera person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.- A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome...
一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里,最后在快到罗马时将他截住。 - He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。
- A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome...
- VERB 截住…与其说话
If youcornersomeone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.- Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
戈兰设法截住了那位兼任制片人的年轻导演,对其进行了采访。
- Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
- VERB 垄断
If a company or placecornersan area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.- This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas...
这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。 - Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
- This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas...
- VERB 转弯;拐弯
If a car, or the person driving it,cornersin a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way.- Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
彼得转弯太急,换挡不利索,车开得一颠一颠的。
- Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
- PHRASE 即将发生
If you say that something isaround the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something isround the corner.- The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
财政大臣说经济即将复苏。
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
- PHRASE 在附近;在近处
If you say that something isaround the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something isround the corner.- My new place is just around the corner.
我的新家就在附近。
- My new place is just around the corner.
- PHRASE 图省事;走捷径
If youcut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.- Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
慢慢来,不要图省事,要严格按照说明去做。
- Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
- PHRASE 天涯海角;世界各个角落
You can use expressions such asthe four corners of the worldto refer to places that are a long way from each other.- They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories...
为了找到最好的配件,他们寻遍了每个地方。 - Young people came from the four corners of the nation.
全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。
- They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories...
- PHRASE 身处困境
If you arein a cornerorin a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of.- The government is in a corner on interest rates...
政府在利率问题上陷入了困境。 - He appears to have backed himself into a tight corner.
他似乎已把自己逼入了困境。
- The government is in a corner on interest rates...
英英释义
noun
- the intersection of two streets
- standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a piano was in one corner of the room
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- the corners of a rectangle
- a place off to the side of an area
- he tripled to the rightfield corner
- the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
- a remote area
- in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- the corners of a cube
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- he knocked off the corners
- a small concavity
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- his lying got him into a tight corner
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- a corner on the silver market
verb
- turn a corner
- the car corners
- force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- gain control over
- corner the gold market
双语例句
- Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped.
她用眼角的余光瞥见一辆车停了下来。 - She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner.
她从街角的小摊上买了个热狗。 - He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。 - The man with the umbrella turned the corner again.
拿伞的人又拐进了拐角处。 - The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
财政大臣说经济即将复苏。 - Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。 - The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。 - I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel
我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。 - She would spend the day hanging round street corners
她会整天在街角附近游荡。 - They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories
为了找到最好的配件,他们寻遍了每个地方。