英语词汇“to cut off a corner”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to turn the corner: to pass round a corner into another road, street, etc.; to pass round the corner of a racecourse, esp. the last corner before the finish; (figurative) to pass a critical point or stage, to start recovering from an illness. So also to go or come round the corner. to cut off a corner: to take a short cut, so as not to go round a corner. Colloquial phrase (a)round the corner: (a) nearby; a short distance away; (b) at hand; about to occur or be realized; imminent.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (intransitive)] > pass critical point or stage

to turn the corner1837

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] > start recovering

to turn the corner1877

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 29 S'bud Sir, away quickly, there's Fondlewife just turn'd the Corner, and's coming this way.

1710 W. Congreve Old Batchelor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 I see he has turn'd the Corner, and goes another way.

1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 375 That expression which I heard in the country..He has turn'd the corner, i.e. gone away, so as no more to be seen [= he is dead].

1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 54 They make most excellent drivers, and think nothing of turning short corners.

1837 C. Dickens Let. 28 Jan. (1965) I. 229 I hope to find on Monday at 12 o'Clock, that you have turned the corner, and come back again.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 334 The ham..was also from the German sausage-shop round the corner.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ii. 8 ‘You're round the corner now,’ cried Miss Pecksniff.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iii. 1 We went round the corner.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. i. 9 Those trumpery presents from Orley Farm were very well while he was struggling for bare bread but now, now that he had turned the corner,..he could afford to indulge his natural antipathy.

1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches v. 67 A secret conviction that pneumonia was waiting for me round the corner.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 189 Tourists, in their anxiety to cut off a corner, are sometimes induced to cross the valley.

1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxxii For the present this young man (although he certainly had turned the corner), lay still in a very precarious state.

1914 F. Hurst (title) Just around the corner.

1925 W. J. Locke Great Pandolfo vii. 89 It's more or less only round the corner; but I see that you're walked enough.

1930 ‘I. Hay’ & P. G. Wodehouse Baa, Baa, Black Sheep i. i. 12 You never know what's waiting for you just round the corner in this world!

1959 Times Rev. Industry Jan. 67/2 Polypropylene has for so many months been ‘just-round-the-corner’ that [etc.].

1960 P. Willmott & M. D. Young Family & Class in London Suburb iii. 28 Couples..went on living ‘up the street’ or ‘round the corner’ from their parents.

1970 Guardian 15 Aug. 3/6 At the ‘self’ round the corner where I'd gone to buy soapflakes.

2015 Wag! (Dogs Trust) Summer 3/1 Thanks to the care and devotion of Glasgow's vet nurse..Rose has recently turned a corner in her recovery.

单词	to cut off a corner
释义	> as lemmas to cut off a corner b. to turn the corner: to pass round a corner into another road, street, etc.; to pass round the corner of a racecourse, esp. the last corner before the finish; (figurative) to pass a critical point or stage, to start recovering from an illness. So also to go or come round the corner. to cut off a corner: to take a short cut, so as not to go round a corner. Colloquial phrase (a)round the corner: (a) nearby; a short distance away; (b) at hand; about to occur or be realized; imminent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (intransitive)] > pass critical point or stage to turn the corner1837 the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] > start recovering to turn the corner1877 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. i. 29 S'bud Sir, away quickly, there's Fondlewife just turn'd the Corner, and's coming this way. 1710 W. Congreve Old Batchelor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 I see he has turn'd the Corner, and goes another way. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 375 That expression which I heard in the country..He has turn'd the corner, i.e. gone away, so as no more to be seen [= he is dead]. 1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 54 They make most excellent drivers, and think nothing of turning short corners. 1837 C. Dickens Let. 28 Jan. (1965) I. 229 I hope to find on Monday at 12 o'Clock, that you have turned the corner, and come back again. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 334 The ham..was also from the German sausage-shop round the corner. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ii. 8 ‘You're round the corner now,’ cried Miss Pecksniff. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iii. 1 We went round the corner. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. i. 9 Those trumpery presents from Orley Farm were very well while he was struggling for bare bread but now, now that he had turned the corner,..he could afford to indulge his natural antipathy. 1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches v. 67 A secret conviction that pneumonia was waiting for me round the corner. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 189 Tourists, in their anxiety to cut off a corner, are sometimes induced to cross the valley. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxxii For the present this young man (although he certainly had turned the corner), lay still in a very precarious state. 1914 F. Hurst (title) Just around the corner. 1925 W. J. Locke Great Pandolfo vii. 89 It's more or less only round the corner; but I see that you're walked enough. 1930 ‘I. Hay’ & P. G. Wodehouse Baa, Baa, Black Sheep i. i. 12 You never know what's waiting for you just round the corner in this world! 1959 Times Rev. Industry Jan. 67/2 Polypropylene has for so many months been ‘just-round-the-corner’ that [etc.]. 1960 P. Willmott & M. D. Young Family & Class in London Suburb iii. 28 Couples..went on living ‘up the street’ or ‘round the corner’ from their parents. 1970 Guardian 15 Aug. 3/6 At the ‘self’ round the corner where I'd gone to buy soapflakes. 2015 Wag! (Dogs Trust) Summer 3/1 Thanks to the care and devotion of Glasgow's vet nurse..Rose has recently turned a corner in her recovery. extracted from cornern.¹ < as lemmas
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