| 单词 | close |
| 释义 | verb | adjective | adverb | noun closeclose1 /kloʊz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1SHUT [intransitive, transitive] to make something stop being open, or to start covering an opening SYN shut OPP open: The door closed silently behind us. Close the curtains – it’s getting dark. Okay, close your eyes and make a wish.THESAURUSshut – shut means the same as close: Shut the door – it’s freezing outside.slam – to close a door, lid, etc. with a lot of force and a loud noise: In her anger, Maria went around the kitchen slamming the cupboard doors.seal (up) – to close an entrance, container, or hole with something that stops things from going in or out: A large rock sealed up the entrance to the cave.2BOOK/UMBRELLA [transitive] to move together the parts of something so that there is no longer a space between them SYN shut OPP open: Ann closed her book and stood up.3SHUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME [intransitive, transitive] if a store or building closes, or if someone closes it, it stops being open to the public for a period of time, for example for the night or a holiday OPP open: What time does the mall close tonight? We close the hotel during the winter.close for something The shop closes for lunch at 12:30.4STOP OPERATING (also close down) [intransitive, transitive] if a company, store, etc. closes, or you close it, it stops operating permanently SYN shut down OPP open: Hundreds of timber mills have been closed since World War II. After 85 years, the local newspaper closed down last month. The museum closed its doors to the public in 1977.5COMPUTER [transitive] if you close a program or a window on a computer, you deliberately make it disappear from the screen OPP open: Close all programs before shutting down your computer.6ROAD/BORDER [transitive] to stop people or vehicles from entering or leaving a place OPP open: The government closed the borders during the election.close something to something Larkin Street is closed to traffic.7END BOOK/SPEECH/MEETING ETC. [intransitive, transitive] if a book, play, speech, meeting, etc. closes, or someone closes it, it ends SYN end OPP open: The novel closes when the family reunites in Prague.close something with/by Professor Schmidt closed his speech with a quote from Tolstoy. In his closing remarks, Merrill praised his staff (=the last part of a speech).8close an account to stop having an account with a bank or stop having a credit card account OPP open9close a deal/sale/contract etc. to successfully arrange a business deal, sale, etc.: We met at the attorney’s office to close the sale.10FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC [intransitive always + adv./prep.] social studies, economics if a currency or business stock closes at a particular price, it is worth that amount at the end of a day’s trading on the stock market: The company’s shares closed only 4 cents down.11MAKE DISTANCE/DIFFERENCE SMALLER [intransitive, transitive] if a distance or difference between two things closes, or if you close it, the distance or difference becomes smaller: The policy is designed to help close the gap between rich and poor. The distance between the two cars was closing fast.12NO LONGER HAPPENING/AVAILABLE [intransitive, transitive] to stop happening or being available, or to cause something to no longer happen or be available: Our special offer closes on June 3. The producers decided to close the show after only three weeks on Broadway. The legislation closes a lot of loopholes in the tax law.13HOLD something [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] if your hands, arms, etc. close around something, or if you close them around something, you hold it firmly: She closed her fingers around the handle of the knife.close around/over etc. The baby’s tiny hand closed over Ken’s finger.14WOUND (also close up) [intransitive, transitive] if a wound closes or you close it, it grows back together and becomes healthy, or you sew it together for it to become healthy: The cut should close up within a few days.15ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT to make a connection in an electrical circuit: The switch opens and closes the circuit.16close ranks a)if people close ranks, they join together to protect each other, especially because their group, organization, etc. is being criticized: The Democrats closed ranks and refused to vote for the president’s proposal. b)if soldiers close ranks, they stand closer together17close the book(s) on something to stop working on something, especially a police case, because you cannot continue: Vallejo police closed the books on the case for lack of evidence.[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French clos, past participle of clore to close, from Latin claudere] → see also closed, closing date, shut/close the door on something at door (3), close/shut your eyes to something at eye1 (13)close (something ↔) down phrasal verb if a company, store, etc. closes down, or is closed down, it permanently stops operating SYN shut down: Health Department officials ordered the restaurant to be closed down.close in phrasal verb1to move closer to someone or something, especially in order to attack him or her SYN move in: The lion closed in for the kill.close in on/around/upon etc. Warplanes and tanks closed in on the eastern cities.2if night or darkness closes in, it begins to become dark: It was 5:00 and darkness was closing in.3if the weather closes in, it starts to become worse: We wanted to get to shore before the weather closed in.4if something closes in, it makes you feel strong emotions that are hard to control, especially unhappiness, fear, loneliness, etc.: close in on/around/upon etc. The silence closed in around her, and she felt totally alone.close something ↔ off phrasal verb to separate an area, room, etc. from the area around it so that people cannot go there or use it: One of the lanes is closed off for repairs.close something off to somebody This area is closed off to the general public.close on somebody/something phrasal verb1to get nearer to someone or something that is ahead of you in a race, competition, election, etc.: The other car was closing on us fast. New polls show that Marshall is closing on his opponent in the Senate race.2to successfully arrange a loan, especially in order to buy a house: After we closed on the house, we celebrated with a bottle of champagne.close something ↔ out phrasal verb1to finish something in a particular way or by doing something: The 49ers closed out the season with a win against the Bears.2to sell a particular type of goods cheaply in order to get rid of them, because they will not be sold anymore: The store is closing out this line of swimwear.3to prevent light or noise from reaching a place by closing windows, curtains, etc. SYN shut out, block out: He shut the windows, closing out the noise from the street below.4if you or the bank close out a bank account, you take all the money out of it and make it unavailable for use SYN closeclose up phrasal verb1close (something ↔) up if someone closes up a house, store, or other building, he or she shuts the door, locks it, and leaves it: He was mugged as he was closing up the store.2 to stop being open to the public for a period of time: The public swimming pool closes up after August.3close up shop to stop doing something for a period of time or permanently: Some of the big ad agencies close up shop early for the holidays.4close (something ↔) up if a wound closes up or if someone or something closes it up, it grows together or is sewn together and becomes healthy again5 to deliberately not talk about your true emotions or thoughts SYN clam up: Every time I ask Jenny about it, she just closes up.6close something ↔ up if a group of people close up or something closes them up, they move nearer togetherclose with somebody/something phrasal verb literary to get closer to someone or something in order to do something such as attack or watch him or her carefully: Marines planned to close with the enemy and destroy them. verb | adjective | adverb | noun closeclose2 /kloʊs/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective 1NEAR not far: The closest store is about a mile away.close to Amy’s house is close to the school. The victim was shot at close range (=from very near). Scientists could observe the whales at close quarters (=from a short distance). Our office is in close proximity to (=very near) the airport.2NEAR IN TIME near to something in time: Our birthdays are close together.close to By the time we left, it was close to midnight.3LIKE/LOVE if two people are close, they like or love each other very much: Mom and I have always been close.close to I’m not very close to my brothers. We were pretty close friends in high school.4CAREFUL looking at, thinking about, or watching something very carefully: Take a closer look at the statistics, before you make a judgment. Scientists are keeping a close watch on the volcano. The school district keeps a close eye on students with poor attendance records. The Justice Department has paid close attention to the merger.5NUMBER/AMOUNT almost the same amount or almost at the same level: close to Inflation is now close to 6%.6SIMILAR if two things are close, they are not exactly the same but are very similar: The colors aren’t a perfect match, but they’re close.close to I felt something close to jealousy. The island was the closest thing to paradise I can imagine.► see thesaurus at similar7LIKELY TO HAPPEN seeming likely to happen or to do something soon: We haven’t finished painting the kitchen yet, but we’re close.close to doing something The two countries are close to signing a peace agreement.close to tears/death/despair etc. Barnes was close to death.8COMPETITION/ELECTIONS ETC. a close competition or election is one where both sides are almost equal: It’s always frustrating to lose a close game. She is running a close second to Agnos in the polls (=Agnos is in first place and she is behind Agnos by a very small amount). At this point, the game is too close to call (=no one can say who the winner will be).9RELATIVE a close relative is a member of your family such as your brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, etc. OPP distant: The wedding was attended only by close family members.close relative/relation She had no children and no close relatives.10ALMOST BAD informal used when you just manage to avoid something bad, dangerous, or embarrassing: That was close! You almost hit that man! We managed to rescue them, but it was a close call (=a situation in which something bad almost happened).11WORK/TALK TOGETHER if a relationship, association, etc. is close, the people in it work or talk together a lot: close cooperation between the departmentsclose links/ties/relations countries with close ties to Chinaclose to White House aides close to the president12keep in close contact/touch (also stay in close contact/touch) if two people keep in close contact, they see, talk to, or write to each other regularly13close/you’re close/that’s close spoken used to tell someone that he or she has almost guessed or answered something correctly: “Is it a hundred miles?” “Close – it’s 120 miles to Las Vegas.”14too close for comfort informal if something that happens is too close for comfort, it frightens you or makes you nervous: We convinced the police we weren’t lying, but the whole thing was too close for comfort.15close, but no cigar informal used when something someone does or says is almost correct or successful16a close shave a)a process in which someone’s hair is cut very close to the skin b)informal a situation in which you escape from something that is bad or dangerous17close work a process or activity which involves looking at or handling things in a very skillful and careful way: Embroidery is very close work.18be close with money formal to not be generous SYN stingy—closeness noun [uncountable] → see also closely verb | adjective | adverb | noun closeclose3 /kloʊs/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1not far away SYN near: She was holding her baby close. The girls were sitting close together on the bench. I couldn’t get close enough to see what was happening. Her parents live close by. The police were following close behind in an unmarked car.close up/up close When I saw her close up, I realized she wasn’t Jane.2only a short time away: Your birthday’s getting close.3close to something almost a particular amount, number, level, etc.: There were close to 200,000 people at the rally.4come close to (doing) something to almost do something: Carey came very close to victory. I was so angry, I came close to hitting her.5come close (to somebody/something) to be almost as good as someone or something else: It’s not as good as his last album, but it comes close.6hit/strike close to home a)if a remark or criticism about someone hits close to home, it makes him or her feel embarrassed because it is true or close to the truth: Jokes aren’t funny when they strike too close to home. b)if something bad happens close to home, you are directly affected by it: The tragedy of the fire hit close to home.7come close on the heels of something to happen very soon after something else: Another bad snowstorm came close on the heels of the weekend blizzard.8near to the surface of something: An electric razor doesn’t really shave as close as a blade. → see also play/keep/hold your cards close to your chest at card1 (12) verb | adjective | adverb | noun closeclose4 /kloʊz/ ●○○ noun [singular] formal the end of an activity or of a period of time SYN end: close of The mayor will speak at the close of the conference.at/after/by etc. the close of something At the close of trading, stock prices had risen 1.2%. Millions of people were homeless as the war drew to a close (=came to an end). A fireworks display will bring the festivities to a close (=they will end the celebration). As four days of talks came to a close (=ended), the opposing sides were still unable to agree.► see thesaurus at end1 |
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