首页英语词典cornercorner英英释意

corner

英['kɔːnə] 美['kɔrnɚ]
  • n. 角落,拐角处;地区,偏僻处;困境,窘境
  • vi. 囤积;相交成角
  • vt. 垄断;迫至一隅;使陷入绝境;把…难住
  • n. (Corner)人名;(法)科尔内;(英)科纳

英英释意


1. a place off to the side of an area;
"he tripled to the rightfield corner"
"he glanced out of the corner of his eye"
2. the point where two lines meet or intersect;
"the corners of a rectangle"
3. an interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
"a piano was in one corner of the room"
4. the intersection of two streets;
"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
5. the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
"the corners of a cube"
6. a small concavity
7. a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
"a corner on the silver market"
8. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
"his lying got him into a tight corner"
9. a projecting part that is corner-shaped;
"he knocked off the corners"
10. a remote area;
"in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone