词汇 | corner |
释义 | corner noun [ C ] uk/ˈkɔː.nər/ us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/ A2 角;拐角处;墙角 the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, roads, etc. You go around corners too fast when you're driving! 你转弯时开得太快! There's a postbox on the corner (= the place where the street crosses another). 街角处有个邮筒。 Click the icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. 点击屏幕右下方的图标。 I have a bruise where I hit my leg on the corner of the table. 我的腿撞到桌角上,起了一块淤青。 They live just around/round the corner (= very close although not in the same road) - so we see them all the time. 他们就住在附近——所以我们常看见他们。 C2 角落,冷僻处;边远处;隐蔽的地方 a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away They live in a remote corner of Scotland, miles from the nearest store. 他们住在苏格兰一个边远的角落,离最近的商店也有几十英里。 (足球或曲棍球的)角球 a kick in football or a shot in hockey that is taken from the corner of the playing area
Idioms all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom 四面八方,五湖四海;世界的各个角落 many different parts of the world She had invited relatives from the four corners of the world to her 80th birthday party. 她邀请了世界各地的亲友来参加她80岁寿诞聚会。 (just) around the corneridiom C2 不远,就在附近;即将来临 not far away, or going to happen soon There's a great restaurant just around the corner. 附近就有一家很棒的餐馆。 I'm feeling a little depressed at the moment, but I'm sure good times are just around the corner. 目前事事令人沮丧,但我仍相信好日子就在前面。 be in a tight corneridiom 处境艰难,处于困境(或绝境) to be in a difficult situation have a corner on a marketidiom 在市场上独领风骚;垄断市场 If a company has a corner on a particular market, it is more successful than any other company at selling a particular type of product. out of/from the corner of your eyeidiom 用眼角余光(看),不经意(瞅见) If you see something out of/from the corner of your eye, you see it but not clearly because it happens to the side of you. I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. 我无意中瞥见有东西在移动。 corner verb uk/ˈkɔː.nər/ us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/ (TURN) [ I ](车辆)转弯 If a vehicle corners well, badly, etc., it drives around corners in the stated way. It's a powerful car, but it doesn't corner well. 这辆车马力强劲,但转弯性能欠佳。 (TRAP) [ T ]将(人或动物)逼入困境;使陷入绝境,使走投无路 to force a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot easily escape Once the police had cornered her in the basement, she gave herself up. 一旦警察把她困在地下室里,她便束手就擒了。 Idiom corner the marketidiom 垄断市场,控制市场 If a company corners the market in a particular type of product, it is more successful than any other company at selling the product. They've more or less cornered the fast-food market - they're in every big city in the world. 他们几乎垄断了快餐市场——世界各大城市都有他们的分店。 |
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