| 释义 |
🔑cornercor·ner1 /ˈkɔrnər / noun [countable] - a place where two lines, edges, surfaces, or roads meet角；角落；拐角；街角◆in a corner of the room在房间的一个角落◆Write your address in the upper right-hand corner.把你的地址写在右上角。◆The office is on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 35th Street.办事处在第五大道和 35 街的交会处。◆There's a mailbox around the corner on Walnut Street.沃尔纳特街的拐角处有一个邮箱。
- a quiet or secret place or area（僻静或隐秘的）地方，角落◆a remote corner of Alaska阿拉斯加的一个边远角落
- a difficult situation which you cannot escape from困境；绝路◆to get yourself into a corner陷入困境
 ●cut cornersto do something quickly and not as well as you should（做事）走捷径；敷衍了事●(just) around the corner(used about an event or a date) very near（事件）即将发生的；（日期）即将到来的◆Dad's birthday is just around the corner – have you bought him a present yet?爸爸的生日就快到了，你给他买礼物了吗？
cornercor·ner2 /ˈkɔrnər / verb [transitive] to get a person or an animal into a position from which it is difficult or impossible to escape将…逼入绝境；使走投无路◆He cornered me at the party and started telling me about his problems.他在聚会上把我堵住，开始向我大吐苦水。●corner the market (on sth) (business商业) to get control in some area of business so that there is no room for anyone else to have any success垄断市场；占领市场◆We hope to corner the market on healthy snacks.我们希望能占领健康零食的市场。 |