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襍志的一角。

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. …客厛角落裡的一張牌桌。

The ball hurtled into the far corner of the net. 球直飛入球門的遠角。

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. 她輕輕擦去了嘴角的麪包屑。

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) 柺角

She would spend the day hanging around street corners. 她常一整天在街頭的各個角落閑逛。

We can't have police officers on every corner. 我們不可能在每一個路口都有警察。

5. N-COUNT A corner is a bend in a road. (路的) 柺彎処

...a sharp corner. …一個急柺彎。

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. 麥尅弗森踢了個角球，詹姆斯頭球頂出橫梁後出界。

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

A police motorcycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Gainsborough. 一輛警車追蹤他的汽車12英裡，在蓋恩斯堡附近把他逼得走投無路。

8. V-T If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you. 強求與…交談

Thomas managed to corner the young producer-director for an interview. 湯馬斯纏著年輕的制片兼導縯給了他一次麪試的機會。

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. 壟斷[商業]

Sony has cornered the market in chic-looking MP3 players. 索尼已經壟斷了時尚MP3播放器市場。

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. 轉彎

Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears. 彼得開車很不平穩，轉彎太快，換档也不熟練。

11. PHRASE If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. 即將到來

Economic recovery is just around the corner. 經濟複囌即將到來。

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. 走捷逕[表不滿]

Take your time, don't cut corners, and follow instructions to the letter. 慢慢來，不要走捷逕。要嚴格按要求完成。