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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   corner

   • IPA[ˈkôrnər]

   美式

   • n.
     a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet；an area inside a room, box, or square-shaped space, near the place where two or more edges or surfaces meet
   • v.
     force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape；detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will

   • verb: corner, 3rd person present: corners, gerund or present participle: cornering, past tense: cornered, past participle: cornered

   • noun: corner, plural noun: corners

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet Jan sat at one corner of the table
   • ▪ an area inside a room, box, or square-shaped space, near the place where two or more edges or surfaces meet he drove the ball into the corner of the net
   • ▪ a place where two streets meet an apartment on the corner of 199th Street and Amsterdam Avenue the corner house
   • ▪ a difficult or awkward situation he found himself backed into a corner
   • ▪ first or third base on a baseball diamond two outs, with runners on the corners
   • ▪ a sharp bend in a road serious racers want a car that is fast going into and out of the corners
   • 2. a part, region, or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote they descended on the college from all corners of the world his wisdom was disseminated to the four corners of the earth
   • ▪ a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
   • 3. short for corner kick
   • 4. each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
   • ▪ a contestant's supporters or seconds Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner
   • 5. each of the two parallel sides of home plate, which are perceived as defining the vertical edges of the strike zone.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape the man was eventually cornered by police dogs 同義詞 drive into a corner, run to earth, run to ground, bring to bay, cut off, ... 更多block off, trap, hem in, shut in, pen in, close in, enclose, surround, capture, catch, waylay, ambush, archaicambuscade
   • ▪ detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes
   • 2. control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen 同義詞 gain control of, gain dominance of, take over, control, dominate, ... 更多monopolize, capture, informalhog, sew up, archaicengross
   • ▪ establish a corner in (a commodity) you cornered vanadium and made a killing
   • 3. (of a vehicle) go around a bend in a road no squeal is evident from the tires when cornering fast

   片語

   • around the corner
   • in every corner
   • in someone's corner
   • out of the corner of one's eye