| 词汇 | corner |
| 释义 | corner noun[ C ] uk /ˈkɔː.nər/ us /ˈkɔːr.nɚ/ A2 the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, roads, etc.: 角;拐角处;墙角 You go around corners too fast when you're driving!你转弯时开得太快！ on the corner There's a postbox on the corner (= the place where the street crosses another).街角处有个邮筒。 in the corner ofClick the icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.点击屏幕右下方的图标。 I have a bruise where I hit my leg on the corner of the table.我的腿撞到桌角上，起了一块淤青。 just around the cornerThey live just around the corner (= very close although not in the same road) - so we see them all the time. Copyright Xinzheng. All Rights Reserved/Moment/GettyImages C2 a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away: 角落，冷僻处；边远处；隐蔽的地方 remote corner ofThey live in a remote corner of Scotland, miles from the nearest store.他们住在苏格兰一个边远的角落，离最近的商店也有几十英里。 a kick in football, or a shot in hockey, that is made to start play again from the corner of the playing area: The referee should have intervened sooner to stop the player taking the corner. She won a corner 10 minutes from time and the striker slotted it home. Masakazu Watanabe/Aflo/GettyImages the corners[ plural ] the first and third bases(= positions that a player must reach to score a point) on a baseball field: at the cornersI came to bat with runners at the corners. He sat in a dim corner of the waiting-room.他坐在候车室一个昏暗的角落里。 The cows were all standing in one corner of the field.奶牛全都站在牧场的一角。 They stood on the street corner handing out leaflets.他们站在街角发放宣传单。 We watched until the car had turned the corner. The stamp goes in the top right-hand corner of the envelope. Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations angle of incidence angularity antinode asymptote asymptotic diagonal gradient interior angle multiaxial non-coplanar non-intersecting non-planar reflex shallow supplementary transversal triangulate unbowed vanishing point vertically You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Road junctions Geography: areas of land in general Football/soccer Hockey Baseball & rounders Idiomsall/the four corners of the world/earth (just) around the corner be in a tight corner have a corner on a market out of/from the corner of your eye corner verb uk /ˈkɔː.nər/ us /ˈkɔːr.nɚ/ cornerverb (TURN)[ I ] If a vehicle corners well, badly, etc., it drives around corners in the stated way: （车辆）转弯 corner wellIt's a powerful car, but it doesn't corner well.这辆车马力强劲，但转弯性能欠佳。 On the road: driving & operating road vehicles aquaplaning back someone up biting point boxed in branch off chauffeur gun handle lock platooning pull pull someone up push start range anxiety reverse road rage skid speeding standing the RAC cornerverb (TRAP)[ T ] to force a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot easily escape: 将（人或动物）逼入困境;使陷入绝境，使走投无路 Once the police had cornered her in the basement, she gave herself up.一旦警察把她困在地下室里，她便束手就擒了。 Capturing or taking possession of things -grabbing apprehend apprehension arrogate at bayidiom cage capture clutch collar get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom grab grabber grasp at something recover repossess seize sequester sequestration snag snatch Idiomcorner the market corner | American Dictionarycorner noun[ C ] us/ˈkɔr·nər/ the point or angle formed when two lines or surfaces meet: the corner of a table We could put that chair in the far corner of the room. A corner is also a place where two streets meet: I’ll meet you at the corner of Pine and Market at 7:30. A corner can also be a part or area of a place: They lived in a remote corner of Wyoming. Idiomcorner the market corner verb[ I/T ] us/ˈkɔr·nər/ to force a person or animal into a place or situation from which there is no escape: [ T ]After a chase, the police cornered him in a hallway. corner | Business Englishcorner verb[ T ] COMMERCEuk /ˈkɔːnər/us corner the market (in sth) to get control of an area of business so that it is difficult for other companies to be successful in it: Small low-cost airlines have cornered the market in cheap flights. Examples of cornercorner The background connecting all corners of the canvas has been lightly sketched out. Only certain architectural features and mortuary information were recorded, including several child burials discovered at the corners of the pyramid, likely representing dedicatory sacrifices. Any process that pushes mid vowels towards the corners of vowel space is thus straightforwardly expressible as element simplification. A reflection model for several targets, such as corners, edges, and walls, was suggested,14 and it became a fundamental model for many other researches. The drama masks that bite onto the two upper corners of the scroll header with cursive title communicate the familiar, theatrical nature of magic. The round cage provides no corners into which an animal might retreat in order to defend itself. Near the corners, singularities in the derivatives begin to appear; we do not give the details here. They arise only at corners and are not caused by the singularly perturbed nature of the problem. The centrality of the square is emphasised by the alleyways opening into it at its four corners. Workers lacked mosquito nets and even blankets to protect themselves from nights of exposure in remote corners of the forest. In practical terms this usually meant about eight interior settings and a couple of corners. However, this feature cannot be created with rotating cutting tools because of the sharp corners. The structure was anchored in the south-east and south-west corners to start construction. Section 4 deals with the singular nature of the problem in corners where the three phases meet. Contrary to claims from some corners that theropod phylogeny is a mess, this work highlights the fact that a consensus has emerged. See all examples of corner These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcornercornerThese are words often used in combination with corner. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bottom corner A large sheltered area below this corner leads to the main entrance, towards which its bottomcorner recedes. corner office Moreover, multiple offices within have several different views, and recessed corners provide additional corner offices on the 9th and 10th floors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. curved corner From the 1950s until its closing, the theater featured an elaborate marquee, which wrapped around the building's curved corner entrance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with corner |
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