corner
英 ['kɔːnə]
美['kɔrnɚ]
- n. 角落，拐角处；地区，偏僻处；困境，窘境
- vi. 囤积；相交成角
- vt. 垄断；迫至一隅；使陷入绝境；把…难住
- n. (Corner)人名；(法)科尔内；(英)科纳
英英释意
- 1. a place off to the side of an area;
- "he tripled to the rightfield corner"
- "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"
- 2. the point where two lines meet or intersect;
- "the corners of a rectangle"
- 3. an interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
- "a piano was in one corner of the room"
- 4. the intersection of two streets;
- "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
- 5. the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
- "the corners of a cube"
- 6. a small concavity
- 7. a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
- "a corner on the silver market"
- 8. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
- "his lying got him into a tight corner"
- 9. a projecting part that is corner-shaped;
- "he knocked off the corners"
- 10. a remote area;
- "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
- 11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone