| 单词 | closure |
| 释义 | closure (once / 2847 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4nv 5n Closure is the end or the closing down of something. It can be physical — like the closure of your local library — or emotional, like the closure you experience when you finally come to terms with the end of a romance. Closure comes from the Latin claus ("shut"), and it has many different shades of meaning. A road closure blocks that road from traffic. If you find closure after an emotional hardship, you're ready to move on. An obstruction in a small passage, like a pipe, is also a closure, as is the button on your sweater. In debate, closure (usually cloture), stops debate and starts the vote. WORD FAMILYclosure: closured, closures, closuring+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closeness: closenesses/closer: closers/closing: closings/enclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure/enclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed/enclosure: enclosures USAGE EXAMPLESJay Bender, an attorney for The Associated Press and other media outlets, argued against the closure. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Your heart breaks at the loss of life. It’s kind of closure for a lot of people.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The temporary closure blocked all traffic except residents and lift ticket holders at the resort about 40 miles from Las Vegas. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n termination of operations they regretted the closure of the day care center Syn|Hypo|Hyper closedown, closing, 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 2n something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making 2he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure Syn|Hyper resolution, settlement deciding, decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision 1n the act of blocking Syn|Hypo|Hyper blockage, occlusion implosion the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant obstruction the act of obstructing 2n an obstruction in a pipe or tube 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage breech closer, breechblock a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing plug, stopper, stoppleblockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly vapor lock, vapour locka stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) bung, spilea plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask bottle cork, corkthe plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) drainpluga removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin earpluga plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise fipplea wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) tampion, tompionplug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture tamponplug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) spigot, tapa plug for a bunghole in a cask impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor any structure that makes progress difficult n approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap 4Syn|Hyper closing approach, approaching, coming the act of drawing spatially closer to something 1n a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body Syn|Hypo|Hyper cloture, gag law, gag rule closure by compartment, guillotine closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order a body of rules followed by an assembly 2v terminate debate by calling for a vote 5debate was closured Syn|Hyper cloture end, terminate bring to an end or halt n a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric Syn|Hyper law of closure Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization |
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