corner

英 ['kɔːnə(r)] 美 ['kɔːrnər]

• n. 角落；转角；困境
• v. 将 ... 逼入困境；转弯；垄断
• adj. 位于角落的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]角,角落

   a place where two lines, walls or roads meet

2. [C]遥远的地区

   area far away

3. [U][C]困境

   difficult or awkward situation

v. (动词)

1. vi. 驾车转弯

   drive a car round a corner

2. vt. 垄断,囤积

   gain control of the buying, selling or production of goods

3. vt. 难住

   put into a difficult position

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 困境，窘境
2. 角，包角，街角，壁角，角落，墙角
3. 地区，区域
4. 偏僻处
5. 【足】角球
6. 垄断，囤积
7. 走捷径
8. (街道)拐角(处)
9. 边缘

v. 动词

1. 使陷于绝境，逼入困境，使走投无路，把…难住
2. 使有棱角
3. <美>位于角上
4. 垄断，囤积居奇
5. 拐弯，转弯
6. 使落入圈套
7. 硬要走近想与（某人）说话
8. 相交成角，形成角

英英释义

Noun:

1. a place off to the side of an area;

   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"
   "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
   

2. the point where two lines meet or intersect;

   "the corners of a rectangle"
   

3. an interior angle formed by two meeting walls;

   "a piano was in one corner of the room"
   

4. the intersection of two streets;

   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
   

5. the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;

   "the corners of a cube"
   

6. a small concavity

7. a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;

   "a corner on the silver market"
   

8. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

   "his lying got him into a tight corner"
   

9. a projecting part where two sides or edges meet;

   "he knocked off the corners"
   

10. a remote area;

    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
    

11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

Verb:

1. gain control over;

   "corner the gold market"
   

2. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

3. turn a corner;

   "the car corners"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The news soon spread to the farthest corner.
   消息很快传到最远的角落。
2. She sat in the corner, watching my every move.
   她坐在角落里注视著我的一举一动。
3. She waved to me as she turned the corner.
   她拐弯时向我挥了挥手。
4. There's a grocer's at the corner of the street.
   在街道的转弯处有一个食品杂货店。
5. I'm in a tight corner at present.
   我眼下的处境十分不妙。
6. The interviewer had driven her into a corner.
   面试主持人把她追问得很窘。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Don't try to corner your spouse.
   不要让你的爱人为难。
2. It's rather dangerous to corner at speed.
   高速转弯是相当危险的。
3. He wants to corner the beer market.
   他想垄断啤酒市场。
4. Our goal is to corner the market nationwide.
   我们的目标是要垄断全国市场。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She bought a box of chocolates at the corner store.
   她在街头小店购得一盒巧克力。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The cube has eight corners.
   立方体有八个角。
2. He hit his knee on the corner of the table.
   他的膝盖撞到了桌子角上了。
3. Come along, let's push it to the corner.
   加把劲儿,我们把它推到角落里去吧。
4. Go on until you get to the next corner and then turn left.
   一 直往前走到第一个拐角,再向左转弯。
5. Our little corner shop is no longer a paying concern.
   我们这个街头小店已赚不到钱了。
6. As we turned the corner we came on a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.
   我们转过屋角时碰到一群人等着店开门。
7. He rounded a corner and walked into a narrow street.
   他拐过弯，走进一条狭窄的街道。
8. The Greens deal with the butcher at the corner of the street.
   格林家通常在街角处的肉铺子里买肉。
9. Mother was a witness of the accident at the street corner.
   母亲是发生在马路拐角处那次事故的目击者。
10. We knocked into each other at the street corner.
    我们在街道拐角处相撞。
11. She glanced shyly at him out of the corners of her eyes.
    她羞答答地瞟了他一眼。
12. The delegates came from all corners of the country.
    代表们来自这个国家的各个地区。
13. They were chatting in the corner.
    他们在屋角里闲聊。
14. The old woman was spinning in the corner of the room.
    老妇人在屋内一角纺线。
15. There is a chair which accommodates its shape to a person's position in the corner of the room.
    在房间的墙角有一把可根据人的位置调节形状的椅子。
16. The two friends sat in a corner and chatted about the weather.
    两个朋友坐在一个角落里,闲谈天气。
17. That man sitting in the corner reminds me of your uncle Joe.
    坐在角落里的人使我想起你的叔叔乔来。
18. The money was hidden in corners all over the house.
    那笔钱被藏在屋里的各个角落。
19. He numbered the pages in the bottom corner.
    他把页码写在角底。
20. I saw him disappear round the corner.
    我看见他转过拐角不见了。
21. There is a bookstore round the corner.
    拐过弯去有一家书店。
22. His huge bulk appeared round the corner of the street.
    他那庞大的身躯出现在街角处。
23. The interviewer had driven her into a corner.
    面试主持人把她追问得很窘。
24. They have forced me into a corner, so I'm going to have to give them what they want.
    他们把我逼得走投无路,因此他们现在要什么我就得给他们什么。
25. We are certainly in a tight corner, but with perseverance we shall manage to get out of it.
    我们肯定已处于困境,但只要坚持住,我们就定能摆脱困境。
26. Unless he gets some money, soon he will be in a tight corner.
    除非他马上搞到钱,不然他就会陷入困境。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. His car corners well.
   他的车转弯性能良好。
2. My car corners well even in bad weather.
   我的汽车即使在坏天气时转弯也很好。
3. He was cornering at 60 miles an hour.
   他以每小时六十英里的速度拐弯。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Some speculators have tried to corner wheat.
   有几个投机者曾试图囤积小麦。
2. They've cornered all the business.
   他们已控制了所有的买卖。
3. The question cornered me.
   那个问题把我难住了。
4. He cornered the witness with clever questions.
   他机敏的提问使证人无言可对。
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5. The thief was cornered in a blind alley.
   窃贼被逼进一条死胡同。
6. The wolf was cornered by the hunters.
   狼被猎人围住,无路可逃。
7. The escaped prisoner was cornered at last.
   那逃犯终于被逼入了困境。

经典引文

• The corners of the mouth.

  出自： Goldsmith

• The corner of a window.

  出自： J. Tyndall

• I regarded him out of the corner of my eye.

  出自： T. Collins

• There are one or two corners about you that are not perfect.

  出自： fig.

• The Imperial City..corner'd with four white Towers.

  出自： Milton

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cut corners 走近路,节约
• cut off a corner 抄近路
• drive sb into a corner 逼得某人走投无路
• keep a corner 保留一个角落
• round a corner 拐过街角
• turn a corner 拐过街角
• turn the corner 摆脱困境

形容词+～

• blind corner 看不见的拐角
• left corner 左角
• neglected corner 被忽视的角落,死角
• quiet corner 安静的角落
• right corner 右角
• sharp corner 急转弯
• tight corner 窘境,困境
• top left-hand corner 左上角

名词+～

• street corner 街角

介词+～

• around the corner 在拐角处,在近处,即将来到
• at the corner 街口
• in the corner 在拐角上
• on the corner 在拐角上

～+介词

• corners of one's lips 嘴角
• far corners of the country 该国的边远地区
• all corners of the earth 世界各地
• corner of the room 房间的角

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• corner the thief 堵住小偷
• corner the witness 为难证人
• corner wheat 囤积小麦

～+副词

• corner fast 快速转弯
• corner well 转弯很稳
• corner beautifully (车)转弯灵活
• corner finally 最终无路可逃
• corner politically 政治上陷入困境
• corner safely 安全转弯

～+介词

• corner in 在…难住
• corner in commodities 囤积商品
• corner sb with 反驳某人
• corner with stone 用石头砌成

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. corner的基本意思是“角”,是可数名词,指两条线或两条路相交处; 也可作“遥远的地方,天涯海角”解,此时常用复数形式; 引申可指“困境,窘况”,此时可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
2. corner接介词in,表示“在角落里”; 接介词on或at,表示“在拐角处”; 接介词round〔around〕,表示“拐过弯去”。

v. (动词)

1. corner的基本意思是“驾车转弯”,作此解时,是不及物动词。
2. corner可引申指“囤积”,即把有意要买东西的人置于无可选择的境地中,使其按要价付钱。用作及物动词时,后可接如小麦、商品等名词作宾语。
3. corner还可引申指“难住,走投无路”,即把其人逼入角落里。用作及物动词时,主语可以是人,也可以是物,宾语一定是人。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

angle，corner

• 这两个名词都有“角”之意。
• angle几何学上的用词，指两条直线相交而成的角。也可引申指看问题的方面或角度。
• corner多指物体的棱角或房间、街道的角落。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的corniere；最初源自古典拉丁语的cornua，意为角，突起物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• angle 角度
• place 地方
• bend 弯曲
• turn 翻转
• crook 钩
• area 面积
• spot 地点
• nook 角落
• trap 圈套
• hole 洞
• impasse 僵局
• cul-de-sac 死路
• bind 捆绑
• jam 果酱
• pickle 腌汁
• squeeze 挤压
• stalemate 僵局
• region 地区
• edge 边缘
• margin 边缘
• monopoly 垄断
• part 部分
• section 部分
• district 地区
• brink 边缘
• quarter 四分之一
• hem 褶边
• rim 边
• brim 边
• verge 接近
• periphery 周边
• border 边界
• brow 前额
• niche 壁龛
• tree 树
• perimeter 周长
• convergence 收敛
• convergency 会合
• meeting 会议
• junction 连接
• intersection 交集
• juncture 时刻
• crossroads 交叉路口
• turning 旋转
• curve 曲线
• catch 赶上
• pin down 确定
• surround 包围
• tight spot 紧要关头
• confront 对抗
• restrict 限制
• detain 扣留
• waylay 伏击
• accost 搭话
• crossing 人行横道
• dead end 到达尽头
• end 结束
• tight 紧的
• dead 死的
• bring to bay 围困(穷追
• corner 角落
• private 私人的
• to 对于
• street corner 街角
• secret 秘密
• recess 休息
• turning point 转折点
• quoin 隅角
• recession 后退
• box 盒子
• oneself 自己
• on 在 ... 之上
• keep 保持
• all 所有的
• the 那
• market 市场
• a 英语字母表的第一个字母...
• bring 带来
• into 到 ... 里
• bay 海湾
• back 后面
• push 推