1.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
2.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
3.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
4.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旅馆。
The wind hit him as he turned the corner .他在街角一拐弯,狂风就向他袭来。
5.(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。
6.(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。
7.[ususing]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。
8.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。
9.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
Her house is just around the corner.她的房子就在附近。
There were good times around the corner(= they would soon come) .好时光很快就会来临。
Her house is just around the corner.她的房子就在附近。
There were good times around the corner(= they would soon come) .好时光很快就会来临。
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。
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。
1.[t][oftpass]~ sb/sth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.那人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。
2.[t]~ sb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。
3.[t]~ the market (in sth)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。
4.[i]转弯;拐弯to go around a corner
The car has excellent cornering(= it is easy to steer around corners) .这汽车的转弯性能极佳。
Competition, in the form of a newly arrived Chilean pharmacy chain, looms around the corner from his main store.
在萨莫拉主要的一家药房拐角处新开了一家智利连锁药房,竞争已在所难免。
The scenes depict the entire town of Bethlehem, and the Caganer is usually tucked away in a corner, far from Mary and Joseph.
这个场景刻画了整个伯利恒,而Gaganer通常被置于小角落里,远离圣母玛利和约瑟夫。
I sat on the front step for at least 10 minutes and next thing you know my motorbike came around the corner with the receptionist riding it.
我就在前台阶上坐了至少10分钟,接下来你也会猜到我发现酒店的接待员骑着我的摩托车呢正在在拐角那呢。
She heard him in the kitchen where he mixed the draught in batches now to last a week at a time, storing it in a corner of the cupboard.
她听到他在厨房里配安眠液,他现在每次都配足用一周的量,存放在橱柜的一角。
It seems that the Fed might have painted itself into a corner.
看起来,美联储好像已经把自己逼到死角了。
Headhunters lamented that it was easier to put a man on the moon than a woman in a corner office.
猎头们哀叹说,就算把男人送到月球,也比把女人送到高级经理的角落办公室容易。
I asked her to put her clothes away tidily but she just threw them in the corner any old how.
我叫她把衣服整齐地放好,可是她只是胡乱地把它们扔在角落里。
She had been riding her scooter over from the company's workshops in the East End and had dumped her helmet and bag in a corner.
她是从该公司位于伦敦东区(EastEnd)的车间骑摩托来到这里的,她在店铺的一个角落卸下了头盔和手袋。
Her gaze fell to the corner of the barn closest to her, and she watched for few moments, expecting him to appear from behind it.
她把目光转向谷仓墙角的位置,看了好一阵子,希望能看见那个人从后面出来。
"Oh, if I were only a prince! " said the stone-cutter to himself, as the carriage vanished round the corner.
“噢,如果我是一位王子该多好啊!”马车消失在街角时,切石匠喃喃自语。
That weekend everyone except Jason is gathered chilling in the lounge. Kurt is at a desk in the corner with an open laptop in front of him.
那个周末,除了Jason之外,大家聚在客厅里聊天。Kurt坐在房间一角的桌子前,桌上放着一台开着的笔记本电脑。
America, Britain and a number of European countries also place in the top left-hand corner of the chart.
美国、英国和一些欧洲国家也位于图表左上角。
it is not like moss and ferns, can only be grown in the dark and obscure the corner.
它更不像藓苔和蕨类,只能生长在阴暗和晦涩的角落里。
She was weeping silently, the corner of her calico apron lifted to her eyes, occasionally suppressing a long, quivering sob.
她在默默地流泪,用印花布围裙的一角擦拭着眼泪,不时地强忍住一声长长的、颤颤的呜咽。
Amid new challenges at home and a World Cup round the corner, the Manchester United forward is set for the biggest test of his career.
面对国内新挑战,以及下一届世界杯即将开打,这位曼联前锋已准备接受生涯最大考验。
Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered.
德拉将表链对叠握在手心,坐在离他一贯进门最近的桌子角上。
This led to an altercation in which Ding was thrown against the corner of an outside wall, causing injuries to his face and wrist.
之后,对峙演变成肢体冲突,丁被摔到商店外墙的角落,导致面部和手腕受伤。
I stood in the wind sweeping them into the bottom of the darkest corner.
我站在风中把它们扫进心底最阴暗的角落。
I dimly perceived a bed in the corner, and I wondered whether the light would disclose lying on it a dead body.
我隐约看见角落里有一张床,我不知道这亮光会不会照出一具尸体躺在床上。
I'm cutting off a huge part of myself, throwing half my heart into a dusty corner and telling it I'll try to reconnect with it later.
仿如割骨断发,我将半颗心扔进了尘土飞扬的角落,告诉它我会回来找它。
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