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🔑 cor·nerBrE /ˈkɔːnə(r)/NAmE /ˈkɔːrnər/ noun➤of building/object/shape 建筑物；物体；形状🔑 a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join 角◆the four corners of a square 正方形的四个角◆Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. 把你的地址写在信的右上角。◆I hit my knee on the corner of the table. 我的膝盖撞到桌子角上了。◆A smile lifted the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角挂着微笑。◆a speck of dirt in the corner of her eye 她眼角里的一点灰尘➤-cornered 有…角 () with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned 有…角的；涉及…群体的◆a three-cornered hat 三角帽◆a three-cornered fight 三方争斗➤of room/box 房间；箱子🔑 the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place 角；墙角；壁角◆There was a television in the far corner of the room. 房间那一头的墙角里摆着一台电视机。◆a corner table/seat/cupboard 靠墙角的桌子/座位/橱柜➤of roads 道路🔑 a place where two streets join 街角；拐角◆There was a group of youths standing on the street corner. 有一群年轻人站在街角。◆Turn right at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards. 在夕阳街和新月山庄大街路口向右转。◆There's a hotel on/at the corner of my street.我住的那条街拐角上有一家旅馆。◆The wind hit him as he turned the corner. 他一拐过街角，狂风就向他袭来。🔑 a sharp bend in a road （道路的）急转弯◆The car was taking the corners too fast. 那车急转弯时开得太快。➤area/region 地区；区域a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach) （有时指偏僻或难以到达的）区域，地区◆She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire. 她居住在约克郡乡间一个僻静的地方。◆Students come here from the four corners of the world. 学生从世界各地来到这里。◆He knew every corner of the old town. 他熟悉这座古镇的每个角落。➤difficult situation 困境 [usually sing.] a difficult situation 困境；窘境◆to back/drive/force sb into a corner 把某人逼入困境◆They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it. 他们把她逼得走投无路，而且她也没有什么办法脱身。◆He was used to talking his way out of tight corners. 他惯于凭借口才摆脱困境。➤in sport 体育运动(in sports such as football (soccer) and hockey 足球、曲棍球等) a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field 角球◆to take a corner 开角球◆The referee awarded a corner. 裁判员判给了一次角球。 ➡ see also corner kick (in boxing and wrestling 拳击运动和摔跤) any of the four corners of a ring1; the supporters who help in the corner 场角；（场角处的）辅助人员 ●(just) around/round the ˈcornervery near 很近；在附近◆Her house is just around the corner. 她的房子就在附近。◆(figurative) There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come). 好时光很快就会来临。●cut ˈcorners(disapproving) to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out （常不按规则或省略地）用最简捷经济的方式做事，图省事；（做事）走捷径●cut the ˈcorner (also cut off the ˈcornerespecially in BrE) to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker 走捷径；抄近道●see sth out of the corner of your ˈeyeto see sth by accident or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it 偶然瞟见；睨视◆Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer. 她用眼一瞟，见他正向她走过来。●turn the ˈcornerto pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve （患病时期）转危为安，脱离危险，好转；渡过难关；脱离困境●fight your/sb's ˈcorner(BrE) to defend your/sb's position against other people 维护地位、立场等●a tight ˈspot/ˈcornera very difficult or dangerous situation 困境；险境 🔑 cor·nerBrE /ˈkɔːnə(r)/NAmE /ˈkɔːrnər/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they corner BrE /ˈkɔːnə(r)/ NAmE /ˈkɔːrnər/present simple - he / she / it corners BrE /ˈkɔːnəz/ NAmE /ˈkɔːrnərz/past simple cornered BrE /ˈkɔːnəd/ NAmE /ˈkɔːrnərd/past participle cornered BrE /ˈkɔːnəd/ NAmE /ˈkɔːrnərd/ -ing form cornering BrE /ˈkɔːnərɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈkɔːrnərɪŋ/➤trap sb 使落入圈套 [T, often passive] ~ sb/sthto get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape 使（人或动物）走投无路；逼…入绝境◆The man was finally cornered by police in a garage. 那人最终被警方逼到了车库里。◆If cornered, the snake will defend itself. 蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自卫。 [T] ~ sbto go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them 硬要走近想与（某人）说话◆I found myself cornered by her on the stairs. 我发觉她在楼梯上迎面过来非要与我说话。➤the market 市场 [T] ~ the market (in sth) to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods 垄断（某种货品的交易）◆They've cornered the market in silver. 他们垄断了白银市场。➤of vehicle/driver 车辆；司机 [I] to go around a corner 转弯；拐弯◆The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners). 这汽车的转弯性能极佳。 |