Tra từ corner - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cor·ner [corner corners cornered cornering] noun, verb BrE [ˈkɔːnə(r)] NAmE [ˈkɔːrnər]
noun

OF BUILDING/OBJECT/SHAPE
1. a part of sth where two or more sides, lines or edges join
•the four corners of a square
• Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
• I hit my knee on the corner of the table.
•A smile lifted the corner of his mouth.
•a speck of dirt in the corner of her eye

-CORNERED
2. (in adjectives)with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned
•a three-cornered hat
•a three-cornered fight

OF ROOM/BOX
3. the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place
• There was a television in the far corner of the room.
•a corner table/seat/cupboard

OF ROADS
4. a place where two streets join
• There was a group of youths standing on the street corner.
• Turn right at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards.
•There's a hotel on/at the corner of my street.
•The wind hit him as he turned the corner.
5. a sharp bend in a road
• The car was taking the corners too fast.

AREA/REGION
6. a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach)
• She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire.
•Students come here from the four corners of the world.
•He knew every corner of the old town.

DIFFICULT SITUATION
7. usually singular a difficult situation
•to back/drive/force sb into a corner
•They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it.
•He was used to talking his way out of tight corners.

IN SPORT
8. (in sports such as football ( ↑soccer ) and ↑hockey)a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent's end of the field
•to take a corner
•The referee awarded a corner.
see also ↑corner kick
9. (in boxing and ↑wrestling)any of the four corners of a ↑ring; the supporters who help in the corner
more at fight your corner at ↑fight _v., a tight spot/corner at ↑tight

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.

Thesaurus:
corner noun C
•There was a group of youths standing on the street corner.
bend • • turn • • twist • • zigzag • |BrE hairpin bend • |AmE hairpin curve/turn •
around/round/at/on a corner/bend/hairpin bend/hairpin curve
a sharp corner/bend/turn/twist
round/take a corner/bend/hairpin bend

Example Bank:
•A white van came round the corner.
•As they turned the corner all the bags slid to one side.
•Beckham took the corner and Scholes headed it into the net.
•He found a quiet corner and got on with his work.
•He managed to force a corner.
•He parked in the far corner of the car park.
•He pushed the thought back into the darkest corner of his mind.
•He put the goalkeeper under pressure and managed to force a corner.
•He took a seat in the far corner of the cafe.
•He was used to having to talk his way out of tight corners.
•I hate coming out of that lane because it's a blind corner.
•I'm in a bit of a corner over finding staff for Friday evening.
•It's a rather sharp corner and she took it a little too fast.
•James blocked the shot but conceded a corner.
•Make sure the staircase is well lit, with no awkward corners.
•Moore took the corner.
•Put your address in the top right-hand corner of the page.
•She sat in a dark corner of the room.
•She tucked herself away in a corner and read all day.
•Smooth rounded corners make cleaning easier.
•The box had been tucked away in an odd corner of the attic.
•The waiter led us to a corner table.
•There were a lot of young men hanging about on street corners.
•They chose a table right in the corner of the restaurant.
•They had got her in a corner and there was nothing she could do about it.
•Turn right at the first corner.
•Welcome to our little corner of Philadelphia.
•a cool shady corner of the garden
•a remote corner of Afghanistan
•at the corner of West Street and Park Street
•the bank on the corner of Mount Street
•the four corners of his bed
•the local corner shop/store
•He had her backed into a corner a couple of times with new facts she didn't know.
•It is important to avoid being pushed into a corner.
•The wind hit him as he turned the corner.
•There was a large group of youths standing on the street corner.
•There's a hotel on the corner of my street.
•They had got him into a corner and there wasn't much he could do about it.
•Turn right at the corner of Avalon Road and Radnor Street.
Idioms: ↑cut corners ▪ ↑cut the corner ▪ ↑round the corner ▪ ↑see something out of the corner of your eye ▪ ↑turn the corner

verb

TRAP SB
1. transitive, often passive ~ sb/sth to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape
•The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
•If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
2. transitive ~ sb to go towards sb in a determined way, because you want to speak to them
•I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.

THE MARKET
3. transitive ~ the market (in sth) to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods
•They've cornered the market in silver.

OF VEHICLE/DRIVER
4. intransitive (BrE)to go around a corner
•The car has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners).
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.

Example Bank:
•He made his millions by cornering the estate-agency business in the town.
•The firm has cornered the UK computer market.
•They've cornered the market in silver.

See also: ↑cut off the corner