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cor.nerH5kC:7nE5, $5kC:r7nLn [C]the point, area or line which is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, roads, etc.角，墙角，街角You drive round corners too fast--just slow down a bit!你在拐弯时开得太快----稍微慢一点儿!There's a post-box on the corner (of this street where it joins the main road).街角处有个邮筒。Do you think we should put the book-shelf over there in the corner (of the room)?你认为我们该把书架放到那个角上去吗?What do you think the figure is doing in the bottom right-hand corner of the painting?你说说这幅画右下角的人物在干什么?I've got a bruise where I hit my leg against the corner of the table.我的腿撞在桌角上，出现了瘀块。A trickle of blood ran out of the corner of his mouth.血从他的嘴角细细地流了出来。They only live just around/round the corner (=very close although not in the same road) --so we see them all the time.他们就住在街角拐弯那儿----因此我们常见得到他们。Everything is a bit depressing at the moment but I carry on in the belief that good times are just around the corner (=in the very near future).目前什么事都有点令人沮丧，但我相信好日子就在前面。They live in a remote corner of (=place where there are very few people or buildings in) Scotland, miles from the nearest shop.他们住在苏格兰的一个偏僻的角落，离最近的商店也要好几英里。In football or HOCKEY a corner is a kick or shot taken from the corner of the field.角球Heidi sent me a postcard from a distant/far corner of the globe/world/earth (=from a place far away where there are very few people).海蒂从地球遥远的角落给我寄来了明信片。She had invited relatives from all the corners/the four corners/the far corners of the world/earth (=many different, esp. distant places) to her 80th birthday party.她邀请了世界各地的亲戚来参加她的八十岁生日晚会。I wasn't looking in that direction but out of/from the corner of my eye (=without seeing it clearly because it happened to the side of me) I saw something move.我没朝那个方向看，但从眼角我看到了有东西在移动。If a company has a corner on a particular market, it is more successful than any other company at selling the particular type of product.垄断或控制市场If someone is described as being in a (tight) corner or boxed/forced into a corner, they are in a difficult situation which they have little control over.处境艰难With no money and nowhere to sleep he found himself in a bit of a tight corner.既没有钱，也没有睡觉的地方，他发觉自己处境有些困难。(Br and Aus) A corner shop is a small shop, esp. on a corner of a road, which sells common foods and other objects that are useful in the house.街角小店I'm just going to the corner shop to get a paper--I'll be back in five minutes.我去小店买份报纸----五分钟就回来。"If I should die, think only this of me: / There is some corner of a foreign fiield / That is forever Englan" (from Rupert Brooke's poem The Soldier, 1915)“万一我死了，只要为我记着: /在异乡有个角落/那就是永远的英格兰” （选自鲁珀特 ·布鲁克1915年的诗作《士兵》）
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