新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

corner

英 [ˈkɔːnə]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

corners
1. [C 可数名词] 角
A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
双语例句
例：
He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket.
他看到杂志的一角从毯子下面露了出了。
2. [C 可数名词] 角落
The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.
双语例句
例：
a card table in the corner of the living room.
客厅角落里的一张牌桌。
例：
The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net.
球直飞入球门的远角。
3. [C 可数名词] （眼睛、嘴巴的）角
The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.
双语例句
例：
She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth.
她轻轻擦去了嘴角的面包屑。
4. [C 可数名词] （街道的）拐角
The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.
双语例句
例：
She would spend the day hanging around street corners.
她常一整天在街头的各个角落闲逛。
例：
We can't have police officers on every corner.
我们不可能在每一个路口都派驻警察。
5. [C 可数名词] （路的）拐弯处
A corner is a bend in a road.
近义词
bend
双语例句
例：
a sharp corner.
一个急拐弯。
6. [C 可数名词] （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 field.
双语例句
例：
McPherson took the corner and James crashed his header off the crossbar and over the line.
麦克弗森踢了个角球，詹姆斯头球顶出横梁后出界。

PHRASE. 习语

around the corner , round the corner
1. 即将到来
If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon.
近义词
imminent
双语例句
例：
Economic recovery is just around the corner.
经济复苏即将到来。
2. 在附近
If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near.
双语例句
例：
My new place is just around the corner.
我的新房子就在附近。
cut corners
1. 走捷径
If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
双语例句
例：
Take your time, don't cut corners, and follow instructions to the letter.
慢慢来，不要走捷径。要严格按要求完成。

VERB. 动词

corners , cornering , cornered
1. [T 及物动词] 使走投无路
If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
双语例句
例：
A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Gainsborough.
一辆警车追踪他的汽车12英里，在盖恩斯堡附近把他逼得走投无路。
2. [T 及物动词] 强求与…交谈
If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.
双语例句
例：
Thomas managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
汤马斯缠着年轻的制片兼导演给了他一次面试的机会。
3. [T 及物动词] 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.
近义词
monopolize
双语例句
例：
Sony has cornered the market in chic-looking MP3 players.
索尼已经垄断了时尚MP3播放器市场。
4. [I 不及物动词] 转弯
If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes around bends in roads in this way.
双语例句
例：
Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
彼得开车很不稳，转弯太快，换档也不熟练。