corners

英 [ˈkɔːnəz] 美 [ˈkɔːrnərz]

n.  角; 有…角的; 涉及…群体的; 墙角; 壁角
v.  使(人或动物)走投无路; 逼…入绝境; 硬要走近想与(某人)说话; 垄断(某种货品的交易)
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 角
    A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
    1. He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket...
      他看见杂志的一角从毯子下露了出来。
    2. Write 'By Airmail' in the top left hand corner.
      在左上角写上“航空邮递”。
  2. N-COUNT 角;墙角;壁角
    The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.
    1. ...a card table in the corner of the living room...
      起居室角落里的牌桌
    2. The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net...
      球飞进了球网的远角。
    3. Finally I spotted it, in a dark corner over by the piano.
      最后我在钢琴旁的阴暗角落里发现了它。
  3. N-COUNT （嘴）角;（眼）角
    The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.
    1. She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth...
      她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。
    2. Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped.
      她用眼角的余光瞥见一辆车停了下来。
  4. N-COUNT 街角;拐角
    The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.
    1. She would spend the day hanging round street corners...
      她会整天在街角附近游荡。
    2. We can't have police officers on every corner...
      不可能每个街角都派驻警察。
    3. He waited until the man had turned a corner.
      他一直等到那个男人拐过街角。
  5. N-COUNT (道路的)转弯处
    A corner is a bend in a road.
    1. ...a sharp corner...
      急转弯
    2. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
      这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
  6. N-COUNT (遥远或难以到达的)角落，偏远处
    If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to.
    1. Buyers came from all corners of the world...
      买主来自世界各地。
    2. The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
      该部落一直居住在柬埔寨的丛林深处。
  7. (足球、曲棍球等的)角球
    In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch.
    1. VERB 将…逼入死角；使走投无路
      If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
      1. A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome...
        一辆摩托警车跟在他的车后追了12英里，最后在快到罗马时将他截住。
      2. He was still sitting huddled like a cornered animal.
        他还像一头困兽一样蜷缩着坐在那儿。
    2. VERB 截住…与其说话
      If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.
      1. Golan managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview.
        戈兰设法截住了那位兼任制片人的年轻导演，对其进行了采访。
    3. VERB 垄断
      If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.
      1. This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas...
        这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。
      2. Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century silk trade.
        苏黎世的富足最初来自于14世纪对丝绸贸易的高度垄断。
    4. VERB 转弯；拐弯
      If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way.
      1. Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
        彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
    5. PHRASE 即将发生
      If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner .
      1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner.
        财政大臣说经济即将复苏。
    6. PHRASE 在附近;在近处
      If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner .
      1. My new place is just around the corner.
        我的新家就在附近。
    7. PHRASE 图省事;走捷径
      If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
      1. Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
        慢慢来，不要图省事，要严格按照说明去做。
    8. PHRASE 天涯海角;世界各个角落
      You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
      1. They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories...
        为了找到最好的配件，他们寻遍了每个地方。
      2. Young people came from the four corners of the nation.
        全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。
    9. PHRASE 身处困境
      If you are in a corner or in a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of.
      1. The government is in a corner on interest rates...
        政府在利率问题上陷入了困境。
      2. He appears to have backed himself into a tight corner.
        他似乎已把自己逼入了困境。
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    双语例句

    1. One of the most atmospheric corners of Prague is the old Jewish ghetto.
      古老的犹太人社区是布拉格最具特色的角落之一。
    2. He struggled to hold the bike down on the banked corners
      拐过斜弯时他竭力将自行车把稳。
    3. Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.
      玩音乐的人在街角大声弹奏起尖锐刺耳的爵士乐。
    4. She would spend the day hanging round street corners
      她会整天在街角附近游荡。
    5. The road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
      这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
    6. Buyers came from all corners of the world
      买主来自世界各地。
    7. Take your time, don't cut corners and follow instructions to the letter.
      慢慢来，不要图省事，要严格按照说明去做。
    8. They've combed the four corners of the world for the best accessories
      为了找到最好的配件，他们寻遍了每个地方。
    9. Young people came from the four corners of the nation.
      全国各地的年轻人都来到这里。
    10. Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland.
      渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。
    11. Line a tin with lightly-greased greaseproof paper, making sure the corners fit well.
      把稍稍上油的防油纸衬在罐子内部，确保各角都铺平整。
    12. Soldiers loafed at street corners.
      士兵们在街角逛荡。
    13. The plastic-covered seat has a few small splits around the corners.
      塑料面椅子的四角上有几道小裂缝。
    14. Ease the pastry into the corners of the tin, making sure you don't stretch it.
      将油酥面团小心地移至烤盘的各角，注意不要把它拉长。
    15. Taper the shape of your eyebrows towards the outer corners.
      把你的眉毛修剪成越往外眼角越细的月牙形。
    16. Salter held the bag by the corners and shook it upside down.
      索尔特捏住包的外角，把它倒过来晃了晃。
    17. She was forever waylaying him in odd holes and corners of the hotel
      她总是在酒店的犄角旮旯里截住他。
    18. The department store at the four corners is the largest one in the city.
      十字路口的那家百货商店是这个城市最大的一家。
    19. The term “ rivers and lakes ” in old days meant in general all corners of the country.
      “江湖”过去泛指四方各地。
    20. He is always idling about street corners.
      他老是在街头闲逛。
    21. Don't bend the corners of the pages in, it damages them.
      别折那些书页的角，会弄坏的。
    22. Many boys tend to bend the corners of book pages over and, as a result, damage their books fast.
      许多男孩子都有折书角的习惯，结果书坏得很快。
    23. We will hunt them down, even to the four corners of the earth, and will bring them to trial.
      哪怕追到天涯海角，也要把他们归案法办。
    24. People were seen standing about in knots on street corners, talking and arguing.
      街头巷尾人们三五成群，议论纷纷。
    25. His car corners well.
      他的车转弯性能良好。
    26. My car corners well even in bad weather.
      我的汽车即使在坏天气时转弯也很好。
    27. The cube has eight corners.
      立方体有八个角。
    28. There are cracks at the corners of my mouth.
      我的嘴角裂了。
    29. You have carried britain's fame to the remotest corners of the earth.
      你已把英国的名声带到了天涯海角。
    30. We form the three corners of a triangle.
      我们组成了三角形的3个角。
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