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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- corner ['kɔːnər]
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- corner [ 'kɔrnɚ] [ 'kɔːnə]
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1.
noun
角，犄角
- I need to repair the corner of the table.
- 我要修一下桌角。
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2.
noun
隅，隅角，壁角
- the corner of a room
- 屋角
- 3. noun 街角；（街道）拐角（处）
- 4. noun （书本、箱子等的）包角
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5.
noun
遥远偏僻的地方，冷僻处，角落
- look in every nook and corner
- 把每一个角落都看看
- 6. noun 地区，地带，区域；边缘
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7.
noun
困境，窘境，绝路，走投无路
- driven into a corner
- 被逼得走投无路
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8.
noun
[American English]
（对货物的）囤积，（对证券市场上销售的某种公司股票的）实际垄断
- 9. vt. [American English] 使走投无路，使陷于困境（或窘境），把…难住
- 10. vt. [American English] 囤积（商品），垄断（股票）
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11.
vi.
（土地、建筑物等）相交成角，形成角（on）
- 12. vi. （车辆）拐弯
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13.
adjective
角上的，转弯处的，在拐角处的
- a corner store
- 在拐角处的商店
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14.
adjective
（适）用于角隅的
- a corner table
- 角台
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15.
adjective
[rugby]
翼卫的
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1.
noun
角，犄角
Collins English-English Dictionary
- corner ['kɔːnə]
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1.
n
[mountaineering]
a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° dihedral
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2.
n
the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
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3.
n
a projecting angle of a solid object or figure
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4.
n
the place where two streets meet
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5.
n
any small, secluded, secret, or private place
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6.
n
a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult
- a tight corner
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7.
n
any part, region or place, esp a remote place
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8.
n
something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book
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9.
n
[commerce]
a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled
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10.
n
[soccer]
[hockey]
a free kick or shot from the corner of the field, taken against a defending team when the ball goes out of play over their goal line after last touching one of their players
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11.
n
either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests
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12.
n
[modifier]
located on a corner
- a corner shop
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13.
n
[modifier]
suitable or designed for a corner
- a corner table
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14.
n
[logic]
either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation - See quasi-quotation
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15.
vt.
[tr]
to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible
- finally they cornered the fox
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16.
vt.
[tr]
to furnish or provide with corners
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17.
vt.
[tr]
to place in or move into a corner
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18.
vt.
engross to attain control of (a market) in such a manner - Compare forestall
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19.
vt.
[tr]
to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market
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20.
vi.
[intr]
(of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner
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21.
vi.
[intr]
[US]
to be situated on a corner
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22.
vi.
[intr]
(in soccer, etc) to take a corner
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23.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin corn
u point, extremity,horn
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1.
n
[mountaineering]
a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° dihedral
Examples
- bear right at the corner
- 对准拐角移动 → bear
- The chair belongs in the corner.
- 这把椅子应该放在角落里。 → belong
- the corner of a room
- 屋角 → corner
- look in every nook and corner
- 把每一个角落都看看 → corner
- every corner of America
- 美国各地 → corner
- driven into a corner
- 被逼得走投无路 → corner
- a corner store
- 在拐角处的商店 → corner
- a corner table
- 角台 → corner
- a three-corner hat
- 三角帽 → cornered
- deal with the corner grocer
- 在街道拐角处的杂货店买东西 → deal
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