Corner

['kɔːnə] or ['kɔrnɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the intersection of two streets; 'standing on the corner watching all the girls go by'.

(noun.) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.

(noun.) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; 'a piano was in one corner of the room'.

(noun.) the point where two lines meet or intersect; 'the corners of a rectangle'.

(noun.) a place off to the side of an area; 'he tripled to the rightfield corner'; 'the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean'.

(noun.) a remote area; 'in many corners of the world they still practice slavery'.

(noun.) the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; 'the corners of a cube'.

(noun.) a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; 'he knocked off the corners'.

(noun.) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; 'his lying got him into a tight corner'.

(noun.) a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; 'a corner on the silver market'.

(verb.) turn a corner; 'the car corners'.

(verb.) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.

(verb.) gain control over; 'corner the gold market'.

安編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

(n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.

(n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.

(n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

(n.) Direction; quarter.

(n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock.

(v. t.) To drive into a corner.

(v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

(v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.

整理:李奥娜

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Angle, bend, elbow, crotch, knee, cusp.[2]. Nook, recess, niche, retired place, secret place.[3]. Part, quarter.

v. a. [Colloquial U. S.] [1]. Drive into a corner.[2]. Nonplus, pose, confound, confuse, puzzle, perplex, put to a stand.

錄入:斯威尼

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Cavity, hole, nook, recess, retreat

ANT:Coin, abutment, prominence, salience, angle, protrusion, elbow, protection,convexity

布伦达編輯

解釋/意思:

n. the point where two lines meet: a secret or confined place: an embarrassing position difficulty: (obs.) a point in a rubber at whist: a free kick given to the opposite side when a player in football kicks the ball over his own goal-line: an operation by which the whole of a stock or commodity is bought up so that speculative sellers are compelled to buy to meet their engagements at the corner-men's own price.—v.t. to supply with corners: to put in a corner: to put in a fix or difficulty.—adj. Cor′nered having corners: put in a difficult position.—n. Cor′ner-stone the stone which unites the two walls of a building at a corner: the principal stone esp. the corner of the foundation of a building—hence (fig.) something of very great importance.—n.pl. Cor′ner-teeth the lateral incisors of a horse above and below.—adv. Cor′ner-wise with the corner in front: diagonally.—Cut off a corner to take a short cut; Done in a corner done secretly: Drive into a corner to put in a fix: to bring to bay; Keep a corner to reserve a place; The Corner (slang) Tattersall's betting-rooms in London till 1867 at Hyde Park Corner; Turn the corner to go round the corner: to get past a difficulty; Within the four corners of contained in (of a document &c.).

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