| 单词 | corner |
| 释义 | corner (once / 56 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv 4nv Corners are everywhere. Two perpendicular lines form a corner. Rooms and streets have corners too. If a child misbehaves in class, the teacher might make him stand in the corner. The key to a corner is that it leads in two directions: when you look at the corner of a room, you could hang a picture to the right or left of the corner, but not in the corner itself. A street corner usually has a street sign and sometimes a bus stop, too. A square table has four corners, but a round table doesn't have any corner. Notice how when you look straight at a corner, there's nowhere to go? That's why corner is also a verb. If you say, "I cornered him," it means you trapped him and gave him nowhere to turn. Whenever we don't see a lot of options, we feel cornered. WORD FAMILYcorner: cornered, cornering, corners+/cornered: corneredest, corneredly USAGE EXAMPLESOn Sunday, a dozens of people gathered on a street corner to recite the names of the victims in what’s become an annual gathering. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Despite the setback, City’s French defender Gael Clichy broke the deadlock with a well-placed shot into the far corner in the 58th minute. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Phil Jackson walks away from Knicks job after Madison Square Garden fails to build him an unmodified, triangular corner office. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect the corners of a cube Hyper point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location 2n an interior angle formed by two meeting walls a piano was in one corner of the room Syn|Hypo|Hyper nook amen corner area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens' chimney corner, inglenooka corner by a fireplace area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function 3n a projecting part where two sides or edges meet he knocked off the corners Hyper part, piece a portion of a natural object 4n (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone Syn|Hyper quoin construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 5n the point where two lines meet or intersect the corners of a rectangle Hypo|Hyper canthus either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet nasal canthusthe inner corner of the eye temporal canthusthe outer corner of the eye point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location 6n the intersection of two streets standing on the corner watching all the girls go by Syn|Hypo|Hyper street corner, turning point blind corner a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection a junction where one street or road crosses another 7v turn a corner 2the car corners Hyper turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 1n a place off to the side of an area he tripled to the rightfield corner the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Hyper area, country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) 2n a remote area in many corners of the world they still practice slavery Hyper area, country a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) 3n a small concavity 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper niche, recess, recession pharyngeal recess a small recess in the wall of the pharynx concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 1n a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade a corner on the silver market Hyper monopoly (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller 2v gain control over 4corner the gold market Hyper command, control exercise authoritative control or power over 1n a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible his lying got him into a tight corner Syn|Hyper box plight, predicament, quandary a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one 2v force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape Syn|Hyper tree channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
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