Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1104
corner
角；转角；墙角
the point or angle where two lines, edges, or walls meet
- 1.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
两条线交汇的点；角,外角或内角。
- 2.
One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
用盐腌制食物的人。
- 3.
a place off to the side of an area
角落
- 4.
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
边缘或末端；离中心最远的部分；引申为任一区域或方向。
- 5.
the point where two lines meet or intersect
两条线相交的点
- 6.
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
秘密或隐蔽的地方；偏远或偏僻处；角落。
- 7.
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
两墙相交形成的内角
- 8.
An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
尴尬局面；困境。
- 9.
A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
足以影响价格的对可售证券或商品的垄断权益。
- 10.
Relating to the playing field.
与比赛场地有关的。
- 11.
A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
人们为特定目的会面的地方。
角落；拐角；边缘；边远地区；方向；僻静处；隐蔽处；困境；绝境；聚会场所；聚集地
In use
The cat is sleeping in the corner of the room.
Let's meet at the corner of Main Street and First Avenue.
He was trapped in a corner and didn't know what to do.
he tripled to the rightfield corner
the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
the corners of a rectangle
a piano was in one corner of the room
in the corner
表示在某个空间内部的角落。
The cat is sleeping in the corner of the room.
猫正在房间的角落里睡觉。
Connections
Collocations
- around the corner
- 在拐角处；即将来临
- There's a bakery around the corner.拐角处有一家面包店。
- corner shop
- 街角小店
- I buy milk at the corner shop.我在街角小店买牛奶。
- corner of the street
- 街道拐角
- He stood at the corner of the street.他站在街道拐角处。
- in the corner
- 在角落里
- The cat is sleeping in the corner.猫在角落里睡觉。
- corner table
- 角落的桌子
- We reserved a corner table.我们预订了一张角落的桌子。
- corner office
- 角落办公室（高层办公室）
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个角落（corner）里堆满了玉米（corn），一个人（er）被困在窘境中。
Context & Register
语境：房间、街道等角落位置。语体：中性至非正式。通常用于日常描述，比较常见于口语和一般文体。
Grammar Note
常与介词in, on, at连用表示位置。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only corn and horn rhyme with each other (share the same stressed vowel and coda /ɔrn/), but neither rhymes with corner because corner has an extra syllable. Words cork, cord, core, and coral share the initial /kɔr/ sound with corner but differ in their endings.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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