English主要词典
corner
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
of building / object / shape
1 a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join:
the four corners of a square * Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. * I hit my knee on the corner of the table. * A smile lifted the corner of his mouth. * a speck of dirt in the corner of her eye
-cornered
2 (in adjectives) with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned:
a three-cornered hat * a three-cornered fight
of room / box
3 the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place:
There was a television in the far corner of the room. * a corner table / seat / cupboard
of roads
4 a place where two streets join:
There was a large group of youths standing on the street corner. * Turn right at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards. * There's a hotel on / at the corner of my street. * The wind hit him as he turned the corner.
5 a sharp bend in a road:
The car was taking the corners too fast.
area / region
6 a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach):
She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire. * Students come here from the four corners of the world. * He knew every corner of the old town.
difficult situation
7 [usuallysing.] a difficult situation:
to back / drive / force sb into a corner * They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it. * He was used to talking his way out of tight corners.
in sport
8 (in sports such as football and hockey) a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field:
to take a corner * The referee awarded a corner.
seealsoCORNERKICK
9 (in boxing and WRESTLING) any of the four corners of a RING; the supporters who help in the corner
IDIOMS
(just) around / round the corner very near:
Her house is just around the corner. * (figurative) There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come).
cut corners (disapproving) to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out:
To be competitive, they paid low wages and cut corners on health and safety.
cut the corner (also cut off the corner especially in BrE) to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker:
There's a worn patch on the grass because everyone cuts (off) the corner.
see sth out of the corner of your eye to see sth accidentally or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it:
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer.
turn the corner to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve
moreatTIGHT
verb
trap sb
1 [VN] [oftenpassive] to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape:
The man was finally cornered by police in a garage. * If disturbed or cornered, the snake will defend itself.
2 [VN] to go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them:
I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.
the market
3 [VN] ~ the market (in sth) to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods:
They've cornered the market in silver.
of vehicle / driver
4 [V] (BrE) to go around a corner
