| 释义 |
Noun: corner kornu(r)- A place off to the side of an area
"he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean" - The point where two lines meet or intersect
"the corners of a rectangle" - An interior angle formed by two meeting walls
"a piano was in one corner of the room"
- nook - The intersection of two streets
"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
- street corner, turning point - The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
"the corners of a cube" - A small concavity
- recess, recession, niche - A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
"a corner on the silver market" - A predicament from which a skilful or graceful escape is impossible
"his lying got him into a tight corner"
- box - A projecting part where two sides or edges meet
"he knocked off the corners" - A remote area
"in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- quoin
Verb: corner kornu(r)- Gain control over
"corner the gold market" - Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- tree [N. Amer] - Turn a corner
"the car corners"
Derived forms: cornered, cornering, corners Type of: area, carrefour, channelise [Brit], channelize, command, concave shape, concavity, construction, control, country, crossing, crossroad, crossway, direct, guide, head, incurvation, incurvature, intersection, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], monopoly, part, piece, plight, point, predicament, quandary, steer, structure, turn Part of: building, edifice Encyclopedia: Corner, AL Corner Corner, Alabama Corner, Al |