corner

1. N-COUNT A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join. 角

He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket. 他看到毯子下露出了杂志的一角。

2. N-COUNT The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet. 角落

...a card table in the corner of the living room. …客厅角落里的一张牌桌。

The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net. 球直飞入球门的远角。

3. N-COUNT The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it. (眼睛、嘴巴的) 角

She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth. 她轻轻擦去了嘴角的面包屑。

4. N-COUNT The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street. (街道的) 拐角

She would spend the day hanging around street corners. 她常一整天在街头的各个角落闲逛。

We can't have police officers on every corner. 我们不可能在每一个路口都有警察。

5. N-COUNT A corner is a bend in a road. (路的) 拐弯处

...a sharp corner. …一个急拐弯。

6. N-COUNT In football, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the field. (足球、曲棍球等的) 角球

McPherson took the corner and James crashed his header off the crossbar and over the line. 麦克弗森踢了个角球，詹姆斯头球顶出横梁后出界。

7. V-T If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from. 使走投无路

A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Gainsborough. 一辆警车追踪他的汽车12英里，在盖恩斯堡附近把他逼得走投无路。

8. V-T If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you. 强求与…交谈

Thomas managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview. 汤马斯缠着年轻的制片兼导演给了他一次面试的机会。

9. V-T If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area. 垄断[商业]

Sony has cornered the market in chic-looking MP3 players. 索尼已经垄断了时尚MP3播放器市场。

10. V-I If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes around bends in roads in this way. 转弯

Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears. 彼得开车很不平稳，转弯太快，换档也不熟练。

11. PHRASE If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. 即将到来

Economic recovery is just around the corner. 经济复苏即将到来。

12. PHRASE If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. 在附近

My new place is just around the corner. 我的新房子就在附近。

13. PHRASE If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should. 走捷径[表不满]

Take your time, don't cut corners, and follow instructions to the letter. 慢慢来，不要走捷径。要严格按要求完成。