close up

close up

vb (adverb) 1. to shut entirely2. (intr) to draw together: the ranks closed up. 3. (Medicine) (intr) (of wounds) to heal completely

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	close up - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"close down, shut down, close, foldadjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
	2.	close up - block passage through; "obstruct the path"obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, jam, blockblock off, blockade - obstruct access tobarricado, barricade - block off with barricadesbarricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"block out, screen - prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight"earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslidebarricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
	3.	close up - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"closebring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
	4.	close up - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, keep mum, shut up, dummy upopen up - talk freely and without inhibition
Adv.	1.	close up - very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"at close range

Translations

关闭靠近

close²

(kləuz) verb1. to make or become shut, often by bringing together two parts so as to cover an opening. The baby closed his eyes; Close the door; The shops close on Sundays. 關閉 闭2. to finish; to come or bring to an end. The meeting closed with everyone in agreement. 結束 结束3. to complete or settle (a business deal). 完成 完成 noun a stop, end or finish. the close of day; towards the close of the nineteenth century. 終止，結束 终止，结束 close down1. (of a business) to close permanently. High levels of taxation have caused many firms to close down. (公司行號)關門大吉 停业2. (of a TV or radio station etc) to stop broadcasting for the day (noun ˈclosedown). (電視台或電台)當天停止播送 （广播电台或电视台）结束当日广播 close up1. to come or bring closer together. He closed up the space between the lines of print. 靠近 靠近2. to shut completely. He closed up the house when he went on holiday. 完全關閉 关闭