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| 1 | the part of something square or rectangular where two edges meet 角；角落 |
| Watch the baby – that table has sharp corners. 看好孩子，那张桌子的桌角很尖。 |
| at/in the corner The date is displayed in the corner of the screen. 日期显示在屏幕的角上。 |
| I had to park in the far corner of the car park. 我只好把车停在停车场那头的角落里。 |
| right-hand/left-hand corner That’ s me, in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture. 那是我，在照片右下角。 |
| | 1a | a place where two sides or walls meet , usually inside a room or a box （尤指屋子、箱子内的）角落 | | +of In a dark corner of the room stood a tall man. 房间黑暗的角落里站着一个高个子男人。 | | in the corner She sat in the corner reading. 她坐在角落里看书。 | |
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| 2 | a place where two roads or paths meet （道路的）拐角，街角 |
| on/at the corner I get my newspaper from the shop on the corner. 我在拐角处的商店里买报纸。 |
| turn the corner (=go around it) As she turned the corner into Bank Street, she saw us. 拐弯 |
| street corner people begging on street corners 在街角乞讨的人们 |
| | 2a | a sharp bend in a road , where you cannot see what is coming 急转弯 | | Slow down for the corner. 急转弯时要缓行。 | |
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| 3 | the end of your mouth or eye 嘴角；眼角 |
| +of A tear trickled from the corner of her eye. 一滴泪从她的眼角落下。 |
| The corners of his mouth turned down disapprovingly. 他不赞同地垂下嘴角。 |
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| 4 | a small area away from the centre , especially one that is quiet , peaceful , or secret 角落；（尤指）冷僻处，隐秘处 |
| Let’ s find a quiet corner and talk about it. 我们找个安静的角落谈论这事儿。 |
| +of Plant it in a sunny corner of your garden. 把它种在你花园里有阳光的角落。 |
| the four corners of the earth/globe/world etc People came from the four corners of the earth to take part in these games. 人们从世界各地赶来参加这些比赛。 |
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| 5 | a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape from 困境；绝路 |
| The government is in a corner on the subject of taxes. 政府在税收问题上陷入了困境。 |
| tight corner (=difficult situation) We’ ve got out of tighter corners than this! 困境 |
| back/force sb into a corner They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth. 他们把我逼上了绝路，我只好承认了这个事实。 |
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| 6 | in football , hockey etc, a kick or hit that one team is allowed to take from a corner of the field , near the goal where they are trying to score （足球、曲棍球等的）角球 |
| England’ s first goal came from a corner. 英格兰队的第一个进球来自于角球。 |
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| 7 | in boxing or wrestling , one of the corners of the square ring where the fighting happens （拳击场、摔跤场的）场角 |
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| - | around/round the corner
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| 1 | not far away 在近处 | The kids go to school just around the corner. 孩子们就在附近上学。 | |
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| 2 | coming very soon 即将到来的 | Spring is just around the corner. 春天就要到来。 | |
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| - | cutcorners
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| to do something less carefully or thoroughly than you should because you are trying to save time or money |
| （为节省时间或金钱）草草行事，偷工减料 |
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| - | out of the corner of your eye
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| without looking at something directly |
| 用眼角的余光（看） |
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| Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Tom. 我用眼角的余光注意到了汤姆。 |
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| - | turn the/a corner
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| to begin to be healthy , happy , or successful again after a difficult period |
| 好转；有起色 |
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| Has the economy finally turned the corner? 经济终于好转了吗？ |
| With this new job I feel I’ m turning a corner. 有了这份新工作，我觉得自己的处境正在好转。 |
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