单词 | closing |
释义 | closing (once / 243 pages) 1nadj 2n WORD FAMILY closing: closings+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closeness: closenesses/closer: closers/closure: closured, closures, closuring/enclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure/enclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed/enclosure: enclosures USAGE EXAMPLESInternational Brent crude oil LCOc1 was yet to trade after closing up 68 cents at $56.82 per barrel on Friday. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) He was closing one self-investigation but providing fresh fodder for another. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Bender said closing the hearing to the public would be keeping the community from an important part of the legal process. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the act of closing something Syn|Ant|Hyper shutting opening the act of opening something motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 2n termination of operations Syn|Hypo|Hyper closedown, closure, shutdown plant closing act of shutting down operation of a plant bank closingact of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure layoffthe act of laying off an employee or a work force conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 3n a concluding action Syn|Hypo|Hyper completion, culmination, mop up, windup consummation the act of bringing to completion or fruition consummationthe completion of marriage by sexual intercourse finish, finishingthe act of finishing finalisation, finalizationthe act of finalizing follow-throughcarrying some project or intention to full completion follow-throughthe act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion graduationthe successful completion of a program of study fruition, realisation, realizationsomething that is made real or concrete fulfillment, fulfilmentthe act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) close, closing curtain, finale, finisthe concluding part of any performance conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 4n the last section of a communication Syn|Hypo|Hyper close, conclusion, end, ending anticlimax, bathos a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one epilog, epiloguea short passage added at the end of a literary work epilog, epiloguea short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play peroration(rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration coda, finalethe closing section of a musical composition section, subdivision a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) 5adj final or ending 2the closing stages of the election the closing weeks of the year the closing scene of the film closing remarks Syn|Ant concluding, final, last, terminal occurring at or forming an end or termination terminativecoming to an end year-endtaking place at the close of a fiscal year opening first or beginning beginning, firstserving to begin first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, maidenserving to set in motion introductoryserving to open or begin startingappropriate to the beginning or start of an event n approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision Syn|Hyper closure approach, approaching, coming the act of drawing spatially closer to something |
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