corner

词根词缀:

词根
corn= horn 角

corner n. 角落;街角

corn 角 + er 表名词 → 角落;街角

cornet n. 号角

corn 角 + et 小 → 号角

unicorn n. 独角兽

uni 一个 + corn 角 → 一个角 → 独角兽

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

This restaurant has cornered the Madrid market for specialist paellas

这家餐馆垄断了马德里的特色肉菜饭市场。

Out of the corner of her eye she saw that a car had stopped.

她用眼角的余光瞥见一辆车停了下来。

One corner cracks open.

崩了一角。

Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.

彼得转弯太急,换挡不利索,车开得一颠一颠的。

My new place is just around the corner.

我的新家就在附近。

We can't have police officers on every corner

不可能每个街角都派驻警察。