corner
角落,转角,拐角处,转角处
Related Words
Definitions
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- : the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- : the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
- : a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
- : the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
- : an end; margin; edge.
- : any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
- : an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
- : Finance. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price.
- : region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
- : Surveying. the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground.Compare section. a stake, tree, or rock marking the intersection of property lines.
- : a piece to protect the corner of anything.
- : Baseball. any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.
- : Boxing. the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.
- : Soccer. corner kick.
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- : situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.
- : made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.
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- : to furnish with corners.
- : to place in or drive into a corner.
- : to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.
- : to gain control of.
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- : to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.
- : to form a corner in a stock or commodity.
- : to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.
Phrases
- corner the market
- around the corner
- cut corners
- four corners of the earth
- in a tight corner
- out of the corner of one's eye
- paint oneself into a corner
- turn the corner
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He reaches behind him, moving Irene to the far corner of the space, carving out an even more private one.
Use your forefingers and thumbs to grab the grippy catches on each corner of the lens and give a gentle pull.
A bored proctor sat in the corner, scrolling through her phone.
He appears to have a greater awareness of when to run from one rim to the other in transition, versus when it’s better to fan out to the corner in those situations.
These developer activists need our support, encouragement and help pinpointing the most crucial problems to address, and they need the tools to bring solutions to every corner of the world.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
But they do put it right around the corner near the time the video was shot.
They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.
They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.
They have pushed into just about every other corner of the Caribbean and Central America where airports exist.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
As Davy stood in the road, in doubt which way to go, a Roc came around the corner of the house.
Now, he chose a small table in a corner of the balcony, close to the glass screen.
The conflict of these certainties left hopeless disorder in every corner of his being.