corner
corner 英 [ˈkɔ:nə(r)] 美 [ˈkɔrnə(r)]
n. 角落，拐角处；
进行时:cornering 过去式:cornered 过去分词:cornered 第三人称单数:corners 名词复数:corners
- Corners are everywhere. Two perpendicular lines form a corner. Rooms and streets have corners too. If a child misbehaves in class, the teacher might make him stand in the corner.
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- n. 角落，拐角处；
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1. on the street corner.
在街角。
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2. the four corners of a square
正方形的四个角
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3. There's a hotel at the corner of my street.
我住的那条街拐角上有一家旅馆。
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4. force sb into a corner
把某人逼入困境
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5. If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自卫。
- corner (n.) late 13c., "place where streets or walls meet;" early 14c., "intersection of any two converging lines or surfaces; an angle," from Anglo-French cornere (Old French corner, corniere), from Old French corne "horn; corner," from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu "horn, hard growth on the head of many mammals," from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn; head."
- corner (v.) late 14c., "to furnish with corners; bring to a point by convergence," from corner (n.). Meaning "to turn a corner," as in a race, is from 1860s. Meaning "drive or force (someone) into a corner," also figuratively, "force into a position where defeat or surrender is inevitable," is American English from 1824; commercial sense "monopolize the market supply of a stock or commodity" is from 1836. Related: Cornered; cornering.
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