Corner-stone
墙角石；基础；要件
📖 牛津释义
corner-stone
n
1 stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, often laid in position at a ceremony 奠基石.
2 (fig 比喻) thing on which sth is built; foundation 基础
Hard work was the corner-stone of his success. 努力奋斗是他成功的基础.
🧩 词语组成解析
corner
['kɔrnɚ]
n. 角落，角;拐角;困境;[商]囤积;
vi. 驾车转弯;聚于角落;
vt. 垄断;逼入困境;
adj. 位于角落的;
stone
[ston]
n. 石头;宝石;矿石;（膀胱或肾脏中的）结石;
vt. 向扔石块;用石头铺;以石掷向;除（水果的）硬核;
adj. 石制的;石头似的;[S-]石器时代的;粗陶制的;
adv. 石一般的;
🗣️ 情景例句
Hey, everybody,
嗨， 大家听着，
Out of debt,out of danger.
脱债就脱险。
it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.
但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。