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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cor·ner
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French cornere, from corne horn DATE 13th century 1. a. the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet : angle b. the place of intersection of two streets or roads c. a piece designed to form, mark, or protect a corner 2. the angular part or space between meeting lines, edges, or borders near the vertex of the angle the southwest corner of the state the corners of the tablecloth as a. the area of a playing field or court near the intersection of the sideline and the goal line or baseline b. (1) either of the four angles of a boxing ring; especially : the area in which a boxer rests or is worked on by his seconds during periods between rounds (2) a group of supporters, well-wishers, or adherents associated especially with a contestant c. the side of home plate nearest to or farthest from a batter a fast ball over the outside corner d. corner kick e. (1) the outside of a football formation (2) cornerback 3. a. a private, secret, or remote place a quiet corner of New England to every corner of the earth dark corners of the mind b. a difficult or embarrassing situation : a position from which escape or retreat is difficult or impossible was backed into a corner 4. control or ownership of enough of the available supply of a commodity or security especially to permit manipulation of the price 5. a point at which significant change occurs — often used in the phrase turn the corner • • • - around the corner
adjective DATE 13th century 1. situated at a corner the corner drugstore 2. used or fitted for use in or on a corner a corner table
verb DATE 1824 transitive verb 1. a. to drive into a corner the animal is dangerous when cornered b. to catch and hold the attention of especially to force an interview 2. to get a corner on corner the market intransitive verb 1. to meet or converge at a corner or angle 2. to turn a corner the car corners well English Etymology corner late 13c., from O.Fr . corniere, from corne "horn, corner," from V.L. *corna, from L. cornua, pl. of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn). Replaced O.E. hyrne. To corner (v.) "turn a corner," as in a race, is 1860s; meaning "drive (someone) into a corner" is Amer.Eng. 1824. Commercial sense is from 1836.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ corner cor·ner / 5kC:nE(r); NAmE 5kC:rn- / nounOF BUILDING / OBJECT / SHAPE 建筑物；物体；形状 1. a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join 角: the four corners of a square 正方形的四个角 Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. 把你的地址写在信的右上角。 I hit my knee on the corner of the table. 我的膝盖撞到桌子角上了。 A smile lifted the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角挂着微笑。 a speck of dirt in the corner of her eye 她眼角里的一点灰尘 -CORNERED 有…角 2. (in adjectives 构成形容词) with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned 有…角的；涉及…群体的: a three-cornered hat 三角帽 a three-cornered fight 三方争斗 OF ROOM / BOX 房间；箱子 3. the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place 角；墙角；壁角: There was a television in the far corner of the room. 房间那一头的墙角里摆着一台电视机。 a corner table / seat / cupboard 靠墙角的桌子/座位/橱柜 OF ROADS 道路 4. a place where two streets join 街角；拐角: There was a group of youths standing on the street corner. 有一群年轻人站在街角。 Turn right at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards. 在夕阳街和新月山庄大街路口向右转。 There's a hotel on / at the corner of my street. 我住的那条街拐角上有一家饭店。 The wind hit him as he turned the corner. 他在街角一拐弯,狂风就向他袭来。 5. a sharp bend in a road (道路的)急转弯: The car was taking the corners too fast. 那车急转弯时开得太快。 AREA / REGION 地区；区域 6. a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach) (有时指偏僻或难以到达的)区域,地区: She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire. 她居住在约克郡乡间一个僻静的地方。 Students come here from the four corners of the world. 学生从世界各地来到这里。 He knew every corner of the old town. 他熟悉这座古镇的每个角落。 DIFFICULT SITUATION 困境 7. [usually sing.] a difficult situation 困境；窘境: to back / drive / force sb into a corner 把某人逼入困境 They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it. 他们把她逼得走投无路,而且她也没有什么办法脱身。 He was used to talking his way out of tight corners. 他惯于凭藉口才摆脱困境。 IN SPORT 体育运动 8. (in sports such as football ( soccer ) and hockey 足球、曲棍球等) a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field 角球: to take a corner 开角球 The referee awarded a corner. 裁判员判给了一次角球。 ⇨ see also corner kick 9. (in boxing and wrestling 拳击运动和摔跤) any of the four corners of a ring ; the supporters who help in the corner 场角；(场角处的)辅助人员 IDIOMS ▪ (just) around / round the 'corner very near 很近；在附近: Her house is just around the corner. 她的房子就在附近。 (figurative) There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come). 好时光很快就会来临。 ▪ cut 'corners (disapproving) to do sth in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving sth out (常不按规则或省略地)用最简捷经济的方式做事,图省事；(做事)走捷径 ▪ cut the 'corner (also cut off the 'corner especially in BrE) to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker 走捷径；抄近道 ▪ see sth out of the corner of your 'eye to see sth by accident or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it 偶然瞟见；睨视: Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer. 她用眼一瞟,见他正向她走过来。 ▪ turn the 'corner to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve (患病时期)转危为安,脱离危险,好转；渡过难关；脱离困境 ⇨ more at, tight adj. verbTRAP SB 使落入圈套 1. [VN] [often passive] to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape 使落入圈套(或陷阱): The man was finally cornered by police in a garage. 那人最终被警方逼到了车库里。 If cornered, the snake will defend itself. 蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自衞的。 2. [VN] to go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them 硬要走近想与(某人)说话: I found myself cornered by her on the stairs. 我发觉她在楼梯上迎面过来非要与我说话。 THE MARKET 市场 3. [VN] ~ the market (in sth) to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods 垄断(某种货品的交易): They've cornered the market in silver. 他们垄断了白银市场。 OF VEHICLE / DRIVER 车辆；司机 4. [V] (BrE) to go around a corner 转弯；拐弯: The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners). 这汽车的转弯性能极佳。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English corner noun 1 where two lines/edges meet ADJ. bottom, top | left/left-hand, right/right-hand | back, front | lower, upper | southern, south-western, etc. | external, outer, outside | inner, inside, internal | opposite | overhanging, projecting | sharp | rounded Smooth rounded corners make cleaning easier. | awkward Make sure the staircase is well lit, with no awkward corners. | extreme, far, very He parked in the far corner of the car park. CORNER + NOUN cupboard, seat, table The waiter led us to a corner table. PREP. in a/the ~ Put your address in the top right-hand corner of the page. 2 of roads ADJ. street There were a lot of young men hanging about on street corners. | sharp, tight It's a rather sharp corner and she took it a little too fast. | blind I hate coming out of that lane because it's a blind corner. VERB + CORNER round, take, turn As they turned the corner all the parcels slid to one side. CORNER + NOUN shop the local corner shop PREP. around/round a/the ~ A white van came round the corner. | at a/the ~ at the corner of West Street and Park Street Turn right at the first corner. | on a/the ~ the shop on the corner of Mount Street 3 place/region ADJ. quiet He found a quiet corner and got on with his work. | little, small, tiny Welcome to our little corner of Surrey. | distant, far, far-flung, remote a remote corner of Afghanistan | picturesque | dark, gloomy, shadowed, shadowy She sat in a dark corner of the room. | shady, sheltered a cool shady corner of the garden | forgotten, hidden, obscure, odd, secret The box had been tucked away in an odd corner of the attic. PREP. in a/the ~ She tucked herself away in a corner and read all day. PHRASES the corner of your mind (figurative) He pushed the thought back into the darkest corner of his mind. 4 difficult situation ADJ. tight He was used to having to talk his way out of tight corners. VERB + CORNER back/drive/force sb into | get sb/yourself into They had got her in a corner and there was nothing she could do about it. PHRASES be in a bit of a corner I'm in a bit of a corner over finding staff for Friday evening. 5 in sport ADJ. penalty | short VERB + CORNER award (sb) The referee awarded a corner. | take Beckham took the corner and Scholes headed it into the net. | force, win He put the goalkeeper under pressure and managed to force a corner. | concede James blocked the shot but conceded a corner. | miss | clear CORNER + NOUN kick OLT corner noun ⇨ corner (a street corner)⇨ mess 2 (in a tight corner) corner verb ⇨ take over Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: kitty-corner , or library corner , or lock corner , or neutral corner , or oxford corner , or penalty corner , or puss in the corner , or pussy wants a corner , or round-the-corner , or short corner , or single corner , or three-corner , or witness corner , or book corner , or corner brace , or cut a corner , or hole-in-corner , or by-corner , or catty-corner , or chimney-corner , or chimney corner , or coffin corner , or around the corner , or corner bead , or corner bit brace , or corner boy , or corner card , or corner chair , or corner chisel , or corner clump , or corner cupboard , or corner influence , or corner kick , or corner lady , or corner quad , or corner tooth , or corner tree , or double corner , or amen corner , or far corner , or hole-and-corner , or hot cornercor·ner I. \R ˈkȯrnər sometimes ˈkȯnər; -R ˈkȯ(ə)nə(r\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French cornere, corniere, from corne corner, horn, from Latin cornu horn, end, point 1. a. : the point or place where converging lines, edges, or sides meet : angle < the corner of a square > < corner of a box > < the corners of his eyes and mouth > b. : an angular part at the meeting point of two of the sides or edges of something < lift up the corners of the tablecloth > also : a small piece seperated (as by tearing off) or seperate from something but including such an angular part c. : the place of intersection of two streets or roads d. : a stake, tree, or other mark designating the point of intersection of two boundary lines of a piece of land e. : a piece designed to form, occupy, mark, protect, or ornament a corner of something (as a leather or metal cap for the corner of a book); also : a design for a corner ornament or a device (as type or a stamp) for impressing it f. : a corner kick in soccer or a free hit from an opponent's defensive corner in a field hockey g. : the area or edge of home plate nearest or farthest from the batter < the inside corner is that closest to the batter, the outside corneris that farthest from him > h. : one of the two pairs of opponents in a 4-hand card game < play for 10 cents a corner > — distinguished from side 2. a. : the space between meeting lines, walls, or borders close to the vertex of the angle < the southwest corner of the state is hilly > b. (1) : a secret place or place of secrecy < dark deeds done in corners > : an out-of-the-way place remote from ordinary life or affairs < a quiet corner of a small New England town > : a small part or area (as of one's mind); especially : one that is secret, private, or little known < kept a corner of their minds free from the strict rule of logic — G.G.Coulton > < every corner of his inoffensive life was open to the day — Dorothy Sayers > < he had a soft corner in his heart for Valentine — F.M.Ford > (2) : any place or part (as of the world) whether far or near < starlings are found in every corner of England > : the remotest extremity (as of the earth) : a far place < the power of England extended to all corners of the world > : a part or area especially of a field of activity < establishing frequency modulation in every corner of the … electronics industry — C.B.Fisher > (3) : a point of view : an observer or critic of the scene < this corner believes that the music should be of prime interest to the collector — Howard Taubman > : a place of observation; specifically : a regular column in a periodical devoted to a particular interest or activity < verses from his pen had appeared in the poet's corner of the … Journal — W.B.Parker > c. : a position from which escape or retreat is difficult or impossible : a position of danger, difficulty, or embarrassment < he was daring but not imprudent and never got himself into such a tight corner that he could not escape > d. (1) : the angle of the ring in which a boxer rests and is worked on by his seconds during the periods between rounds (2) : the party of supporters, well-wishers, or adherents associated with a contestant or with one engaged in some effort, struggle, or controversy < he will have most of the businessmen in his corner in his fight for the nomination > 3. obsolete : a direction from which the wind blows < sits the wind in that corner — Shakespeare > 4. corners plural : characteristics, traits, manners ; especially :rough, rude, or uncultivated manners or ways < a year or two at a good school will round off some of his rough corners > 5. a. : the critical moment in any series of events; especially : the moment marking a turning point from failure to success — used especially in the phrase turn the corner < the business has turned the corner after three years of losses > b. : the halfway point toward game on a cribbage board 6. a. : control or ownership by an individual or group of enough of the available supply of a commodity or a security to permit manipulation of the selling price < made a fortune from a corner in cotton > — compare trust b. : possession of the whole amount or supply of something < a corner on vigor and virtue — H.J.Muller > : the unique possession of a privilege or ability < a corner on sales of out-of-town papers — H.H.Martin > 7. : the adjacent dancer standing at a right angle in a square dance < the man's corner is the woman to his left; his partner is on his right > 8. : corner tooth • - around the corner II. verb (cornered ; cornered ; cornering \-n(ə)riŋ\ ; corners) Etymology: Middle English corneren, from corner, n. transitive verb 1. a. : to drive into a corner or into a position where escape is difficult or impossible : bring to bay < largest known eel … not usually aggressive, but dangerous when cornered — J.L.B.Smith > b. : to force into a position of difficulty or embarrassment < the prosecutor cornered the witness and forced out the truth > : catch and hold the attention of (a person) especially so as to force an interview < he corners the secretary on his way to lunch … and says what he has to say right in his ear — Clarence Woodbury > 2. : to get command of a large part of the supply of (as a stock or a commodity) so as to be able to dictate one's own price < corner the common stock of a railroad > < corner the rye market > : get a corner on < you have not cornered all the good ideas — Beatrice S. Rossell > — compare engross 3. : to cut with an ax a wide chip from each half or each corner of (a box) in turpentine orcharding intransitive verb 1. : to meet or converge at a corner or angle < the spot where three states corner > 2. of an automobile : to turn to one side or the other < a car that corners at high speed without skidding, swerving, or excessive leaning > III. adjective Etymology: corner (I) 1. : situated at a corner; specifically : situated at a street corner or an intersection < the corner grocer, druggist, or other small merchant — Time > 2. : used or fitted by shape or design for use in or on a corner < a corner brace > < a triangular corner table > IV. adjective : of, relating to, or being a defensive football player who covers one of the flanks < corner linebacker > < corner positions > |
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