单词 | corner |
释义 | Word Frequency corner(ˈkɔːnə) noun 1. the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces 2. a projecting angle of a solid object or figure 3. the place where two streets meet 4. any small, secluded, secret, or private place 5. a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficult a tight corner 6. any part, region or place, esp a remote place 7. something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book 8. business a monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled 9. soccer, hockey a free kick or shot from the corner of the field, taken against a defending team when the ball goes out of play over their goal line after last touching one of their players 10. either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests 11. mountaineering a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120° US name: dihedral12. cut corners 13. round the corner 14. turn the corner 15. (modifier) located on a corner a corner shop 16. (modifier) suitable or designed for a corner a corner table 17. logic either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation quasi-quotation verb 18. (transitive) to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible finally they cornered the fox 19. (transitive) to furnish or provide with corners 20. (transitive) to place in or move into a corner 21. (transitive) a. to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market b. Also: engross to attain control of (a market) in such a manner Compare forestall (sense 3)22. (intransitive) (of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner 23. (intransitive) US to be situated on a corner 24. (intransitive) (in soccer, etc) to take a corner Word origin C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin cornū point, extremity, hornWord Frequency Cornernoun the Corner |
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