Corner
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n. 角落，角;拐角;困境;[商]囤積;
vi. 駕車轉(zhuǎn)彎;聚于角落;
vt. 壟斷;逼入困境;
adj. 位于角落的;
?? 例句
As the bus came round the corner, it collided with a van.
公共汽車在轉(zhuǎn)過街角時與一輛貨車互撞。
loiter around (the street corner)
閑逛 (街角一帶)
"That boy, running round the corner, nearly pushed the old lady over."
那個男孩跑著拐彎，差點(diǎn)撞倒了那位老婦人。
We sat at a corner table.
我們坐在一張放在角落處的桌旁。
He wants to corner the beer market.
他想壟斷啤酒市場。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】※ corn-玉米,er-拼音“兒”:玉米堆墻角,兒子就地看守
※ corner-角落,corn-谷物:豐收了,所有角落都堆滿了谷物
※ co-CoCo,rn-拼音“熱鬧”,er-拼音“兒”:CoCo在熱鬧的地方給兒子唱歌
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corner
n
1 place where two lines, sides, edges or surfaces meet; angle enclosed by two walls, sides, etc that meet 角兒; 角落
A square has four corners; a cube has eight. 正方形有四個角兒; 立方體有八個角兒.
standing at a street corner 站在街角兒上
the shop on/at the corner 位於街角兒的商店
In the corner of the room stood a big old chair. 屋角兒放著一把舊的大椅子.
The address is in the top right-hand corner of the letter. 地址在這封信的右上角兒.
When I turned the corner (of the street) he had disappeared. 我拐過街角兒時他已經(jīng)不見了.
He hit his knee on the corner of the table. 他的膝蓋撞在桌子角兒上了.
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the corner shop, ie on the corner of two streets 街角兒處的商店.
2
(a) hidden, secret or remote place 隱蔽的、 秘密的或偏僻的處所
money hidden in odd corners 藏在秘密地方的錢.
(b) region; part; area 區(qū)域; 部分; 地區(qū)
She lives in a quiet corner of Yorkshire. 她住在約克郡的一個僻靜的地區(qū).
3 difficult or awkward situation 困境; 窘?jīng)r
Having lied that I still had the money, I was in rather a corner when they asked me to hand it over. 因我謊稱錢仍在我處, 所以他們要我交出時, 我很尷尬.
She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that. 她要靠運(yùn)氣才能擺脫那樣的困境.
The interviewer had driven her into a corner. 面試主持人把她追問得很窘.
4 (usu sing 通常作單數(shù)) ~ (in sth) (commerce 商) complete ownership or control of supplies of sth, enabling one to decide its price 囤積; 壟斷
a company with a corner in tin ore, wheat, etc 壟斷錫礦石、 小麥等市場的一家公司.
5 (also `corner-kick) (in soccer) kick from the corner of the field, given to a team when an opposing player kicks the ball over his own goal-line （英式足球）角球.
6 (in boxing and wrestling 拳擊或摔跤運(yùn)動中)
(a) any of the four corners of the ring （拳擊場及摔跤場的）場角
In the blue corner, Buster Smith. 藍(lán)方, 巴斯特?史密斯.
(b) [CGp] group of people (eg trainers) who help a fighter during intervals in the match （比賽休息時向場上隊(duì)員提供幫助的）輔助人員（如教練員）
His corner advised him to retire. 教練員建議他退場. =>illus at boxing 見boxing之插圖.
7 (idm 習(xí)語) cut `corners
(a) drive round corners in a wide curve rather than at a sharp angle （駕駛時）拐小彎而不拐大彎.
(b) do sth in the easiest and quickest way, often by ignoring rules, being careless, etc （做事）走捷徑, 圖省事（常為忽視規(guī)則、 粗心大意等）
We've had to cut a few corners to get your visa ready in time. 我們得簡化手續(xù)才能將你的簽證及時辦妥. cut (off) a `corner (esp Brit) go across the corner of sth, not properly around it 不繞角兒走而取捷徑斜穿
The lawn is damaged here because people cut (off) the corner. 由於人們不繞角兒走而抄近道, 這里的草坪已踩壞了. the four corners of the earth the most distance parts of the the earth 世界各個角落; 天涯海角
Former students of this school are now working in the four corners of the earth. 該校的校友現(xiàn)在世界各地工作. out of the corner of one's eye by looking sharply sideways 瞟; 睨視
I caught sight of her out of the corner of my eye. 我用眼一瞟, 看見了她. (just) round the `corner very near 很近
Her house is (just) round the corner. 她家離此不遠(yuǎn).
Good times are just round the corner, ie will soon happen. 好日子近在眼前. turn the `corner pass a critical point in an illness, a period of difficulty, etc and begin to improve （疾病、 困難時期等）渡過危險期, 渡過難關(guān).
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玉米(corn)讓兒子(er)在 街角看守
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['k?:n?]n. 角落, 轉(zhuǎn)角, 窘境vt. 迫至一隅, 壟斷, 使陷入絕境vi. 相交成角, 壟斷【計(jì)】 邊角【醫(yī)】 側(cè)門牙(馬)【經(jīng)】 囤積居奇, 壟斷市場相關(guān)詞組: cut off a corner pub sb in the corner round the corner turn the corner be in a tight corner drive sb into a corner make a corner in sth have the corner on sth
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No. It's not.
不是。
I wanted to say at first the tall one, or the one with blond hair.
剛開始我會介紹說金發(fā)的。
and that this happens at a rate which differs little from person to person,
衰老的速度在人與人之間相差甚微，