1 N-COUNT 角 A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join. 角
2 N-COUNT 角;墙角;壁角 The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet. 角;墙角;壁角
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...a card table in the corner of the living room. [+ of]
起居室角落里的牌桌
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The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net. [+ of]
球飞进了球网的远角。
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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。
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] （嘴）角;（眼）角 The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it. （嘴）角;（眼）角
4 N-COUNT 街角;拐角 The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street. 街角;拐角
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She would spend the day hanging round street corners.
她会整天在街角附近游荡。
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We can't have police officers on every corner.
不可能每个街角都派驻警察。
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He waited until the man had turned a corner.
他一直等到那个男人拐过街角。
SYN bend, curve
5 N-COUNT (道路的)转弯处 A corner is a bend in a road. (道路的)转弯处
6 N-COUNT [with supplement, usually NOUN of n] (遥远或难以到达的)角落，偏远处 If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to. (遥远或难以到达的)角落，偏远处 [written]
SYN region, part, area, sector
7 N-COUNT (足球、曲棍球等的)角球 In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch. (足球、曲棍球等的)角球
8 VERB 将…逼入死角；使走投无路 If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from. 将…逼入死角；使走投无路
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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。
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He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal. [VERB-ed]
他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。
9 VERB 截住…与其说话 If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you. 截住…与其说话
10 VERB 垄断 If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area. 垄断 [business]
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This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas. [VERB noun]
这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。
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Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade. [VERB noun]
苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
SYN monopolize, take over, dominate, control
11 VERB 转弯；拐弯 If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way. 转弯；拐弯
12 PHRASE 即将发生 If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner . 即将发生
13 PHRASE 在附近;在近处 If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner . 在附近;在近处
14 PHRASE 图省事;走捷径 If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should. 图省事;走捷径 [disapproval]
15 PHRASE 天涯海角;世界各个角落 You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other. 天涯海角;世界各个角落 [written]
16 PHRASE 身处困境 If you are in a corner or in a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of. 身处困境
| Word Partnership | Use corner with: |
| ADJ. | far corner 1 2 4 sharp corner 4 5 |
| VERB. | sit in a corner 2 round/turn a corner 2 4 5 |
| N. | corner of a room 2 street corner 4 5 |
| PREP. | in a corner 2 around the corner 2 4 5 12 13 |
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