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1. Oxford Dictionary

   corner

   • IPA[ˈkɔːnə]

   英式

   • n.
     a place or angle where two sides or edges meet；the area inside a room or other space near the place where two walls or other surfaces meet
   • v.
     force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape；detain (someone) in conversation

   • verb: corner, 3rd person present: corners, gerund or present participle: cornering, past tense: cornered, past participle: cornered

   • noun: corner, plural noun: corners

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a place or angle where two sides or edges meet Jan sat at one corner of the table
   • ▪ the area inside a room or other space near the place where two walls or other surfaces meet the colour TV in the corner of the room 同義詞 nook, cranny, niche, recess, bay, ... 更多booth, alcove, inglenook, ingle, apse, crevice, cavity, hole, hollow, indentation, secret place, hideaway, hideout, informalhidey-hole
   • ▪ a place where two or more streets meet the huge bookshop on the corner
   • ▪ a sharp bend in a road they took the corner in a skidding turn 同義詞 bend, curve, arc, kink, dog-leg, ... 更多crook, deviation, turn, turning, junction, fork, intersection, angle, projection, apex, cusp, hairpin, hairpin bend
   • ▪ British a place where two planes of rock meet at an angle of between 60° and 120°.
   • 2. a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares dance professionals from all corners of the globe attended the five-day festival 同義詞 district, region, area, section, quarter, ... 更多part, informalneck of the woods
   • 3. a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity London doesn't have a corner on film festivals
   • 4. a difficult or awkward situation I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner 同義詞 predicament, plight, tricky situation, ticklish situation, awkward situation, ... 更多tight corner, tight spot, spot of trouble, bit of bother, difficulty, problem, puzzle, quandary, dilemma, muddle, mess, quagmire, mire, mare's nest, dire straits, with nowhere to turn, comess, informalpickle, jam, stew, fix, hole, scrape, bind, fine kettle of fish, hot water, how-do-you-do
   • 5. a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area
   • ▪ a free hit in field hockey, taken from the corner of the field.
   • 6. each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner
   • ▪ a contestant's supporters or seconds Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner
   • 7. British a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape the man was eventually cornered by police dogs 同義詞 drive into a corner, run to earth, run to ground, bring to bay, cut off, ... 更多block off, trap, hem in, shut in, pen in, close in, enclose, surround, capture, catch, waylay, ambush, archaicambuscade
   • ▪ detain (someone) in conversation I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes
   • 2. control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen 同義詞 gain control of, gain dominance of, take over, control, dominate, ... 更多monopolize, capture, informalhog, sew up, archaicengross
   • ▪ establish a corner in (a commodity) you cornered vanadium and made a killing
   • 3. (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast

   cornered

   • adj.
     having a specified number of corners: young boys in six-cornered hats

   Oxford Dictionary

   cornered

   • adj.
     having a specified number of places or angles where the edges or sides meet: young boys in six-cornered hats

   Oxford American Dictionary

   cut corners

   • ph.
     undertake something in what appears to be the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, especially by ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   hospital corners

   • plural
     overlapping folds used to tuck sheets neatly and securely under the mattress at the corners, in ... I can do hospital corners

   Oxford American Dictionary

   cut corners

   • ph.
     do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money

   Oxford Dictionary

   hospital corners

   • plural
     overlapping folds used to tuck sheets neatly and securely under the mattress at the corners, in ... I can do hospital corners

   Oxford Dictionary

   Four Corners

   • ph.
     the point where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   kitty-corner

   • adv.
     diagonally opposite someone or something: he lived kitty-corner and six doors up from me
   • adj.
     situated diagonally opposite someone or something: the two kitty-corner lots have enough space for seven apartment blocks

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   片語

   • around the corner
   • fight one's corner
   • in every corner
   • in someone's corner
   • out of the corner of one's eye
3. • 更多解釋

   corner

   • IPA[ˈkôrnər]

   美式

   • n.
     a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet: Jan sat at one corner of the table
   • v.
     force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape: the man was eventually cornered by police dogs

   Oxford American Dictionary