corner
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkɔː.nər/ us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/
A2 角;拐角处;墙角
the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, roads, etc.
You go around corners too fast when you're driving! 你转弯时开得太快！
There's a postbox on the corner (= the place where the street crosses another). 街角处有个邮筒。
Click the icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. 点击屏幕右下方的图标。
I have a bruise where I hit my leg on the corner of the table. 我的腿撞到桌角上，起了一块淤青。
They live just around/round the corner (= very close although not in the same road) - so we see them all the time. 他们就住在附近——所以我们常看见他们。
C2 角落，冷僻处；边远处；隐蔽的地方
a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away
They live in a remote corner of Scotland, miles from the nearest store. 他们住在苏格兰一个边远的角落，离最近的商店也有几十英里。
（足球或曲棍球的）角球
a kick in football or a shot in hockey that is taken from the corner of the playing area
- More examples
- He sat in a dim corner of the waiting-room.
- The cows were all standing in one corner of the field.
- They stood on the street corner handing out leaflets.
- We watched until the car had turned the corner.
- The stamp goes in the top right-hand corner of the envelope.
Idioms
all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom 四面八方，五湖四海;世界的各个角落
many different parts of the world
She had invited relatives from the four corners of the world to her 80th birthday party. 她邀请了世界各地的亲友来参加她80岁寿诞聚会。
(just) around the corneridiom C2 不远，就在附近;即将来临
not far away, or going to happen soon
There's a great restaurant just around the corner. 附近就有一家很棒的餐馆。
I'm feeling a little depressed at the moment, but I'm sure good times are just around the corner. 目前事事令人沮丧，但我仍相信好日子就在前面。
be in a tight corneridiom 处境艰难，处于困境（或绝境）
to be in a difficult situation
have a corner on a marketidiom 在市场上独领风骚;垄断市场
If a company has a corner on a particular market, it is more successful than any other company at selling a particular type of product.
out of/from the corner of your eyeidiom 用眼角余光（看），不经意（瞅见）
If you see something out of/from the corner of your eye, you see it but not clearly because it happens to the side of you.
I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. 我无意中瞥见有东西在移动。
corner
verb uk/ˈkɔː.nər/ us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/
(TURN)
[ I ]（车辆）转弯
If a vehicle corners well, badly, etc., it drives around corners in the stated way.
It's a powerful car, but it doesn't corner well. 这辆车马力强劲，但转弯性能欠佳。
(TRAP)
[ T ]将（人或动物）逼入困境;使陷入绝境，使走投无路
to force a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot easily escape
Once the police had cornered her in the basement, she gave herself up. 一旦警察把她困在地下室里，她便束手就擒了。
Idiom
corner the marketidiom 垄断市场，控制市场
If a company corners the market in a particular type of product, it is more successful than any other company at selling the product.
They've more or less cornered the fast-food market - they're in every big city in the world. 他们几乎垄断了快餐市场——世界各大城市都有他们的分店。