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corners

过去式: cornered 过去分词: cornered 现在分词: cornering 第三人称单数: corners

corners基本解释

n.角落;转角;困境

v.将 ... 逼入困境;转弯;垄断

adj.位于角落的

corners同义词

corners相关例句

用作名词(n.)
  • The news soon spread to the farthest corner.
    消息很快传到最远的角落。
  • She sat in the corner, watching my every move.
    她坐在角落里注视著我的一举一动。
  • She waved to me as she turned the corner.
    她拐弯时向我挥了挥手。
  • There's a grocer's at the corner of the street.
    在街道的转弯处有一个食品杂货店。
  • I'm in a tight corner at present.
    我眼下的处境十分不妙。
  • The interviewer had driven her into a corner.
    面试主持人把她追问得很窘。
用作动词(v.)
  • Don't try to corner your spouse.
    不要让你的爱人为难。
  • It's rather dangerous to corner at speed.
    高速转弯是相当危险的。
  • He wants to corner the beer market.
    他想垄断啤酒市场。
  • Our goal is to corner the market nationwide.
    我们的目标是要垄断全国市场。
用作形容词(adj.)
  • She bought a box of chocolates at the corner store.
    她在街头小店购得一盒巧克力。

corners英英释义

Noun:
  • 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"

  • the intersection of two streets;

    "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

  • the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;

    "the corners of a cube"

  • a small concavity

  • a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;

    "a corner on the silver market"

  • a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;

    "his lying got him into a tight corner"

  • 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

Verb:
  • gain control over;

    "corner the gold market"

  • force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

  • turn a corner;

    "the car corners"