1.a place off to the side of an area;
he tripled to the rightfield corner
2.the point where two lines meet or intersect;
the corners of a rectangle
3.an interior angle formed be two meeting walls;
a piano was in one corner of the room
4.the intersection of two streets;
standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
5.the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
the corners of a cube
6.a small concavity
7.a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
a corner on the silver market
8.a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
his lying got him into a tight corner
9.a projecting part that is corner-shaped;
he knocked off the corners
10. a remote area;
in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
1.gain control over;
corner the gold market
2.force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
3.turn a corner;
the car corners
用作動詞 corners; cornered; cornering 基本釋義 vi. 1.駕車轉彎 drive a car round a corner vt. 2.壟斷,囤積gain control of the buying,selling or production of goods vt. 3.難住put into a difficult position 基本要點 ⒈corner的基本意思是“駕車轉彎”,作此解時,是不及物動詞。 ⒉corner可引申指“囤積”,即把有意要買東西的人置于無可選擇的境地中,使其按要價付錢。用作及物動詞時,后可接如小麥、商品等名詞作賓