(p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
赛勒斯录入
双语例句
At the old lodgings it was understood that he was summoned to Dover, and, in fact, he was taken down the Dover road and cornered out of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
The contest in Europe from the fourteenth century onward therefore was a three-cornered contest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
They do not plow with a sharpened stick, nor yet with a three-cornered block of wood that merely scratches the top of the ground. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
That dear, little, gentleman-like bow, on the little, _vielle cour_, three-cornered hat! 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
The Gould and Fisk crowd had cornered gold, and had run the quotations up faster than the indicator could follow. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Pray William, said his mother, why do you come to the Hoppera in that hodious round 'at, after giving such a price for a three-cornered one? 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Couldn't you--didn't you--now, if it had rained sugar-plums, or three-cornered raspberry tarts, or anything of that sort! 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
At this moment, the ill-looking man was inspecting the hole in the crown of his three-cornered hat. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Esmeralda and I cornered in an old cabin by a perfectly awful man-eating lioness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.