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corner/ˈkɔːnə(r)//ˈkɔːrnər/ ★★★★★n. - corners
- cornering
- cornered
- cornered
n- ① 角;转角处
- the corner of a box箱角
- at [【美】on] a street corner在街角
- ② 隅,角落
- There is a chair in the corner of the room.在房间的角落有一把椅子。
- keep a corner守[占]着一隅之地
- leave no corner unsearched遍寻各(角落)处
- He looked at her out of the corner of his eye.他用眼角(斜眼)偷看她。
- put [stand] a child in the corner罚小孩站在角落
- ③ 隐僻处,偏僻处
- She lives in a quiet corner of the town.她住在该镇的一个僻静处。
- done in a corner在隐僻处[秘密中]所做的
- ④[常用复数形]地区,区域
- Tourists are coming from all corners of the world [the four corners of the earth] to see the temple.观光客从世界各地来看那座庙。
- ⑥ 【商】垄断市场;囤积居奇
- The company has made [established, got] a corner on [in] the gold market.该公司已垄断黄金市场。
adj- ① 街角的
- a corner store街角的商店
- a corner drugstore街道的杂货店
vt- ① 迫入角隅;逼入困境
- corner an animal将一只动物追得无路可逃
- They've got him cornered.他们已将他逼入困境。
vi- ① (车辆、驾驶人)转弯,拐角
- The car cornered very fast.那部车很快地转弯。
- He corners well.他转弯时很稳。
短语- around [round] the corner
- Christmas is just around the corner.耶诞节即将来临。
- cut corners
- cut off the [a] corner
- She cut off the corner going home in a hurry.她匆忙地抄近路回家。
- drive [force, put] ... into a corner
- He was driven [forced, put] into a corner in the debate.他在辩论中被逼入困境。
- turn the corner
- ① 转过拐角;【赛马】转过最后的弯道;(疾病、不景气等)有转机,脱险
- He has been seriously ill but has turned the corner now.他害了重病,但现在已度过危险期。
- within the four corners of ...
- ① 在(文档等)的书面范围内,不逸出(文档内容)的范围
同义词- Dutch
- bind
- box
- deep water
- difficulty
- dilemma
- fix
- hole
- hot spot
- hot water
- jam
- monopoly
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- quagmire
- scrape
- soup
- spot
- trouble
- niche
- quoin
- recess
- recession
- street corner
- tree
- turning point
词路径- entity
- physical entity
- object
- physical object
- location
- region
- area
- country
- corner
上位词- area
- carrefour
- concave shape
- concavity
- construction
- country
- crossing
- crossroad
- crossway
- incurvation
- incurvature
- intersection
- monopoly
- part
- piece
- plight
- point
- predicament
- quandary
- structure
下位词- amen corner
- blind corner
- canthus
- chimney corner
- inglenook
- pharyngeal recess
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