| 词汇 | corner |
| 释义 | corner | BrE ˈkɔːnə, AmE ˈkɔrnər | A. noun ① (of page, table, field, mouth, eye) 角 ; (of room, box, garden) 角落 ▸ a corner table/seat 角落的桌子/座位 ▸ to fold sth (from) corner to corner 把某物对角折叠 ▸ to watch/see sb/sth out of the corner of one's eye 用眼角余光观察/瞟见某人/某事物 ② (of street) 街角 ; (bend in road) 拐角 ▸ a corner house 街角的房屋 ▸ the store at or on the corner 街角的商店 ▸ (just) round or around the corner (around the bend) （就）在街角附近 (nearby) （就）在附近 figurative 即将来临 ▸ to turn the corner literal 拐过街角 figurative 好转 ▸ to take a corner at 50 mph 以每小时50英里的速度拐弯 ▸ to cut (off) a/the corner 抄近路 ▸ to cut corners figurative 图省事 ③ (remote place) 偏远地区 ▸ the four corners of the earth/world 世界各地 ▸ in a remote corner of India 在印度的一个偏远地区 ▸ a quiet corner 僻静的地方 ▸ in the dark corners of his mind 在他隐秘的思想深处 ④ (difficult situation) 困境 ▸ to be in a corner 陷入困境 ▸ to back or force or drive sb into a corner 把某人逼进困境 ▸ to paint or box oneself into a corner 使自己陷入困境 ⑤ Sport (kick, shot) 角球 ⑥ Sport (of boxing ring) 场角 ⑦ Business (monopoly) 垄断 ▸ a corner on sth; 对某物品的囤积居奇 ▸ to have a corner on iron ore 垄断铁矿石 B. transitive verb ① (trap) 使…落入圈套 ‹person›; 使…落入陷阱 ‹animal›; figurative 使…陷入困境 ‹person›▸ to be cornered (in sth) （在某处）被逼得走投无路 ▸ a cornered animal 困兽 ② Business (monopolize) 垄断 ‹commodity›▸ to corner the market in sth 垄断某商品的市场 C. intransitive verb «driver, vehicle» 转弯 |
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