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单词 cornered
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Definition of cornered in English:

cornered

adjective ˈkɔːnədˈkɔrnərd
  • 1in combination Having a specified number of corners.

    young boys in six-cornered hats
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 4-cornered box shape is an important shape to any foundation.
    • With new buildings, strategically placing windows and eliminating isolated or cornered areas can all make an area safer.
    • We also note that your human groups tend to build, for the most part, the cornered or square habitations — but they do not concentrate power.
    • On the hill where the Bee Man had once pictured a whole village of round houses, a sharp cornered old folk's home loomed large.
    • At the Federal election there was a 3-cornered contest in the vacant seat of Moncrieff.
    • The earth is a four cornered slab.
    • Because when your head is down you forget that there is a heavy and sharp cornered mahogany shelf right about where you've placed your forehead.
    • If you have the older, round cornered panels, there is now a poly panel cap available that will make your panels safer for horses.
    • It's second only to "baby tries to walk and falls down, slamming face into sharp cornered end table."
    1. 1.1 Having a specified number of parties involved.
      a three-cornered meeting was being arranged in Hong Kong
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Next month's National Assembly election will see a five-cornered contest for the Ceredigion seat in Cardiff Bay.
      • In 3 - cornered contests it helps Labor, as in these seats, Labor generally has the higher primary vote.
  • 2(of a person or animal) forced into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.

    nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's no longer the cornered teenager lashing out reactively.
    • Like a cornered animal, I've got nothing to lose.
    • Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
    • Nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast.
    • What police are now prepared for is a shoot-out with cornered suspects who have already made clear their willingness to die for their cause.
    • A gloomy-looking man at the best of times, Clarke looked like a miserable, cornered beast.
    • He looked like a cornered deer.
    • No reason for his heart to be thudding like a cornered stag's.
    • Note he, of course, is more the terrified, cornered rat than ever.
    • Question is will we meet a sleeping giant or a cornered rat fighting desperately for survival?"
    • Jane laughed at the cornered look in her sister's face.
    • Now we see the savagery of the cornered beast at 2 percent.
    • She was sobbing now, paralyzed like a cornered rabbit knowing she was doomed.
    • His jump may have been the desperate reaction of any cornered animal.
    • We're dealing with a terrified, vicious, cornered rat.
    • The image of Magna Carta being grudgingly given by a cornered tyrant still remains.
    • Australian captain Ricky Ponting warned of a backlash from his cornered players in the do or die encounter against England on Saturday.
    • For instance, I didn't recall the cornered man in the second scenario saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt.
    • She crouched like a cornered animal, her face hidden by the disarranged mass of her hair.
    • The way they are excited, they are like cornered animals.
 
 

Definition of cornered in US English:

cornered

adjectiveˈkɔrnərdˈkôrnərd
  • 1Having a specified number of places or angles where the edges or sides meet.

    young boys in six-cornered hats
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The earth is a four cornered slab.
    • If you have the older, round cornered panels, there is now a poly panel cap available that will make your panels safer for horses.
    • On the hill where the Bee Man had once pictured a whole village of round houses, a sharp cornered old folk's home loomed large.
    • At the Federal election there was a 3-cornered contest in the vacant seat of Moncrieff.
    • The 4-cornered box shape is an important shape to any foundation.
    • We also note that your human groups tend to build, for the most part, the cornered or square habitations — but they do not concentrate power.
    • Because when your head is down you forget that there is a heavy and sharp cornered mahogany shelf right about where you've placed your forehead.
    • It's second only to "baby tries to walk and falls down, slamming face into sharp cornered end table."
    • With new buildings, strategically placing windows and eliminating isolated or cornered areas can all make an area safer.
    1. 1.1 Having a specified number of parties involved.
      a three-cornered meeting was being arranged in Hong Kong
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Next month's National Assembly election will see a five-cornered contest for the Ceredigion seat in Cardiff Bay.
      • In 3 - cornered contests it helps Labor, as in these seats, Labor generally has the higher primary vote.
  • 2(of a person or animal) forced into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.

    nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • No reason for his heart to be thudding like a cornered stag's.
    • He's no longer the cornered teenager lashing out reactively.
    • He looked like a cornered deer.
    • The way they are excited, they are like cornered animals.
    • A gloomy-looking man at the best of times, Clarke looked like a miserable, cornered beast.
    • We're dealing with a terrified, vicious, cornered rat.
    • The image of Magna Carta being grudgingly given by a cornered tyrant still remains.
    • Jane laughed at the cornered look in her sister's face.
    • Australian captain Ricky Ponting warned of a backlash from his cornered players in the do or die encounter against England on Saturday.
    • Nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast.
    • For instance, I didn't recall the cornered man in the second scenario saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt.
    • Now we see the savagery of the cornered beast at 2 percent.
    • She was sobbing now, paralyzed like a cornered rabbit knowing she was doomed.
    • Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
    • She crouched like a cornered animal, her face hidden by the disarranged mass of her hair.
    • His jump may have been the desperate reaction of any cornered animal.
    • What police are now prepared for is a shoot-out with cornered suspects who have already made clear their willingness to die for their cause.
    • Note he, of course, is more the terrified, cornered rat than ever.
    • Like a cornered animal, I've got nothing to lose.
    • Question is will we meet a sleeping giant or a cornered rat fighting desperately for survival?"
 
 
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