corner

美 [ˈkɔrnər]英 [ˈkɔː(r)nə(r)]
  • n.角;拐角;街角;墙角
  • v.转弯;拐弯;使(人或动物)走投无路;逼…入绝境
  • adj.在拐角处的;适于拐角地方的;(美式足球)翼卫的
  • 网络角落;角球;转角

复数:corners 现在分词:cornering 过去式:cornered

cornercorner

corner

n. v.

建筑物;物体;形状of building/object/shape

1.角a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join

有…角-cornered

2.有…角的;涉及…群体的with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned

房间;箱子of room/box

3.角;墙角;壁角the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place

道路of roads

4.街角;拐角a place where two streets join

5.(道路的)急转弯a sharp bend in a road

地区;区域area/region

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)

困境difficult situation

7.[ususing]困境;窘境a difficult situation

体育运动in sport

8.角球a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field

IDM

(just) around/round the corner

很近;在附近very near

cut corners

(常不按规则或省略地)用最简捷经济的方式做事,图省事;(做事)走捷径to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out

cut the corner

走捷径;抄近道to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker

see sth out of the corner of your eye

偶然瞟见;睨视to see sth by accident or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it

turn the corner

(患病时期)转危为安,脱离危险,好转;渡过难关;脱离困境to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve

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