corner

['kɔ:nə]

n.角落, 转角, 困境
v.将 ... 逼入困境, 转弯, 垄断
adj.位于角落的

例句与用法：

She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.

她要靠运气才能摆脱那样的困境。

By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.

这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。

He fell and hit his head on the corner of a box.

他跌倒时，头碰到箱子的一角。

词形变化：

动词过去式: cornered | 动词过去分词: cornered | 动词现在分词: cornering | 动词第三人称单数: corners |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 角; 街角

A cabinet sits in a corner of the room.

房间的一角立着一只橱柜。

2. (书本等的)包角

3. (遥远的)地区; 偏僻处[P1]

People arrived from all corners of the world.

人们纷纷从世界各处抵达。

4. 困境

They have forced him into a corner.

他们迫使他陷入困境。

5. 【足】角球

6. 垄断; 囤积[(+on/in)][S]

They once had a corner on the corn market.

他们曾一度垄断了玉米市场。

vt.

1. 使陷于绝境

The animal is dangerous when cornered.

野兽一旦陷于绝境就会变得很危险。

2. 垄断

He wants to corner the beer market.

他想垄断啤酒市场。

3. 使有棱角

vi.

1. 转弯

The car corners well.

这车转弯很灵活。

2. 【美】位于角上

3. 垄断

a.

在角落的[Z]

We sat at a corner table.

我们坐在一张放在角落处的桌旁。

短语词组：

around/round the corner

1. 在附近

She used to live just around the corner.

她以前就住在附近。

2. 即将来临

Victory is just around the corner.

胜利就在眼前。

cut corners

1. (不按常规而)以简便方法做事

Don't hurry. You cannot cut corners if you want to do a perfect job.

别急! 如果你想干得出色, 就不能只图简便。

force/drive into a corner

1. 把……置于困境

Mr. Smith's clever arguments soon forced his opponents into a corner.

史密斯先生的精彩辩论很快使他的对手陷入困境。

turn the corner

1. 好转; 渡过难关

She was very ill but seems to have turned the corner now.

她曾病得很重, 但现在看上去已好转了。