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- n.角;角落, 冷僻处;区域，地区;街角;墙角，壁角;嘴角，眼角;（足球、曲棍球等的）角球;垄断，大量买进，囤积居奇;困境;（道路的）急转弯;绝路;(书本、皮夹等的)包角;(拳击场、球场等的)场角;涉及…群体的;边远处，隐秘的地方
- v.（车辆）转弯;垄断，大量买进，囤积;垄断(某种货品的交易);使(人或动物)走投无路;迫使（某人做某事）;将…放在(或塞进)角落;相交成角;逼…入绝境;硬要走近想与(某人)说话
复数： corners 过去式： cornered 现在分词： cornering 过去分词： cornered 第三人称单数： corners
corn 角 + -er 某种人
cornernoun
建筑物；物体；形状 of building/object/shape
角
a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join
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
有…角 -cornered
有…角的；涉及…群体的
with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned
a three-cornered hat
三角帽
a three-cornered fight
三方争斗
房间；箱子 of room/box
角；墙角；壁角
the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place
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
道路 of roads
街角；拐角
a place where two streets join
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饭店。
The wind hit him as he turned the corner .
他在街角一拐弯，狂风就向他袭来。
（道路的）急转弯
a sharp bend in a road
The car was taking the corners too fast.
那车急转弯时开得太快。
地区；区域 area/region
（有时指偏僻或难以到达的）区域，地区
a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach)
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。
困境 difficult situation
困境；窘境
a difficult situation
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。
体育运动 in sport
角球
a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field
to take a corner
开角球
The referee awarded a corner.
裁判员判给了一次角球。
场角；（场角处的）辅助人员
any of the four corners of a ring ; the supporters who help in the corner
very near
她的房子就在附近。
Her house is just around the corner.
There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come) .
好时光很快就会来临。
to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out
to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker
to 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
她用眼一瞟，见他正向她走过来。
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer.
to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve
a very difficult or dangerous situation
verb
使落入圈套 trap sb
使（人或动物）走投无路；逼…入绝境
to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape
The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
那名男子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的。
硬要走近想与（某人）说话
to go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them
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。
市场 the market
垄断（某种货品的交易）
to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods
They've cornered the market in silver.
他们垄断了白银市场。
车辆；司机 of vehicle/driver
转弯；拐弯
to go around a corner
The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners) .
这辆汽车转弯性能极佳。
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N-COUNT 角
A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
他看见杂志的一角从毯子下露了出来。
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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....a card table in the corner of the living room...
起居室角落里的牌桌
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N-COUNT （嘴）角;（眼）角
The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth...
她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。
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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.She would spend the day hanging round street corners...
她会整天在街角附近游荡。
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N-COUNT (道路的)转弯处
A corner is a bend in a road....a sharp corner...
急转弯
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N-COUNT (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.Buyers came from all corners of the world...
买主来自世界各地。
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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. -
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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.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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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.Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
戈兰设法截住了那位兼任制片人的年轻导演，对其进行了采访。
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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.This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas...
这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。
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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.Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
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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 .The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
财政大臣说经济即将复苏。
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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 .My new place is just around the corner.
我的新家就在附近。
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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.Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
慢慢来，不要图省事，要严格按照说明去做。
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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.They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories...
为了找到最好的配件，他们寻遍了每个地方。
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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.The government is in a corner on interest rates...
政府在利率问题上陷入了困境。
noun
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- the intersection of two streets
- standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
- Synonym: street corner turning point
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- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building;especially one formed by a cornerstone
- Synonym: quoin
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- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a piano was in one corner of the room
- Synonym: nook
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- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- the corners of a rectangle
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- a place off to the side of an area
- he tripled to the rightfield corner
- the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
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- a remote area
- in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
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- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- the corners of a cube
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- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- he knocked off the corners
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- a small concavity
- Synonym: recess recession niche
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- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- his lying got him into a tight corner
- Synonym: box
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- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- a corner on the silver market
verb
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- turn a corner
- the car corners
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- force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- Synonym: tree
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- gain control over
- corner the gold market
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I hit my knee on the corner of the table .
我的膝盖撞到桌子角上了。
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Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter .
把你的地址写在信的右上角。
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Students come here from the four corners of the world .
学生从世界各地来到这里。
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They made for an empty table in the far corner .
他们走向远处那个角落的空桌子。
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I went to buy a paper at the corner dairy .
我到街角的小店去买了份报纸。
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There were good times around the corner .
好时光很快就会来临。
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My eyes were drawn to the man in the corner .
角落里的那个男人引起了我的注意。
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I called him from the phone box on the corner .
我在拐角处的电话亭打电话给他。
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He was used to talking his way out of tight corners .
他惯于凭借口才摆脱困境。
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The children clustered together in the corner of the room .
孩子们聚集在房间的角落里。
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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。
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There 's a little gift shop around the corner .
在街角附近有一家小礼品店。
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Her house is just around the corner .
她的房子就在附近。
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Our house is just around the corner .
过了拐角就是我们的房子。
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The wind hit him as he turned the corner .
他在街角一拐弯，狂风就向他袭来。
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The car was taking the corners too fast .
那车急转弯时开得太快。
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There she is , coming round the corner .
她来了，绕过拐角过来了。
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There was a group of youths standing on the street corner .
有一群年轻人站在街角。
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Walk diagonally across the field to the far corner and then turn left .
斜着穿过这块地到拐角处，然后朝左转。
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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。
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A bus appeared around the corner .
一辆公共汽车出现在拐角处。
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The man was finally cornered by police in a garage .
那名男子最终被警方逼到了车库里。
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The child sat mute in the corner of the room .
这孩子坐在屋子的角落里，一声不吭。
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There 's a restaurant around the corner .
拐角处有一家餐馆。
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The man turned the corner and disappeared .
那男人转过街角就没影了。
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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。
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Taylor scored with a low shot into the corner of the net .
泰勒一脚低射，把球射入网角。
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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。
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He poked his head around the corner to check that nobody was coming .
他从转角处探出头来，查看有没有人过来。
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Dirt had collected in the corners of the room .
房间的角落里积满了灰尘。
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