| 单词 | close |
| 释义 | close I. transitive verb 1. a. < close the gate of the plant > < keep this valve closed > b. (1) < close a street for snow removal > < close a range to settlers > (2) < close a firing area during target practice > < an attempt to close the mails to communist propaganda periodicals > (3) linguistics < the addition of all before these young men closes the construction > < the addition of -s to normalize closes the construction > c. (1) < keep the drawer closed > < continued drought caused the governor to close the woods > < volumes kept on closed shelves > < a seal used in Charlemagne's time to close letters and wills > (2) d. < close a view > : form a boundary to < a church closes the vista > e. < even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience — F.D.Roosevelt > < magazines closed to inexperienced writers > f. (1) < snow and high wind closed the airport > < close school because of an outbreak of polio > < a theater closed for repairs > (2) < a manufacturer closed by his creditors > (3) < health authorities closed the swimming pools > 2. a. archaic < leaving the whole establishment to her, closing only himself in invisible bonds — F.M.Ford > b. 3. a. < the Peace of Westphalia … which closed the Thirty Years' War — Stringfellow Barr > < he closed his military career with an idealized concept — Jeannette P. Nichols > < he closed his business and moved away > b. < Madame Defarge going first … Mr. Lorry closing the little procession — Charles Dickens > < the … duet which closes the first act — Saturday Review > c. < questions that have been closed for centuries suddenly yawn wide open — G.B.Shaw > < close a deal or bargain > < close a real estate transfer of title > d. 4. a. < a closed fist > < cut the sides and back to fit and close them with a slide fastener > < after amputation close the stump for good scar line > < in no hurry to close the wound > < closing the break in the metal bar by welding > b. < first close the cracks with plaster of paris > < close a grave > c. < help them to close their dollar gap > < efforts to close the sharp division within the alliance > < tax loopholes that should be closed > d. < the centripetal force constraining the planets to move in closed orbits — S.F.Mason > < to connect electric conductors so as to close a circuit > e. f. < milers fast closing the distance to the tape > < the ferry closed the last few feet of water between it and the ship > 5. of a ship < the minesweeper closed the island under cover of darkness > 6. 7. intransitive verb 1. a. < a camera shutter adjusted to close after 1/50 second > < the jackknife closed on my finger > also < this valve won't close > b. < forced the mine to close > : discontinue institutional activities < banks and schools close for the holiday > — often used with down, up c. < this store closes at 5 p.m. > — often used with down, up; also < barbershops close Mondays > d. < the play closed after two weeks > e. < the river has the appearance of closing for the winter > 2. a. < radar showed a plane closing fast > < a ship fast closing with the land > b. of a racehorse < closing fast in the home stretch > c. < forbidding terrain prevented our closing with the enemy > 3. a. < the jaws of the vise imperceptibly closing > also < a hand closed on my collar > < sullen anger closed down on the community > b. < find themselves in a tight place when the gaps begin to close — W.R.Inge > also < the distance between us rapidly closed > c. < clouds soon close over the sun > < just as the sea closed over the sinking ship > d. < his comrades closed around him protectively > e. < seeing a rope dangling I closed on it > < the clamshell bucket closed on a load of dirt > < the idea faded befor I could close on it > f. dancing 4. < before I can close with a new employer > 5. a. < his diplomatic career closed with this incident > < the services closed with a short prayer > b. < I close with this warning > < the senior debater of each team is to close > c. 6. civil engineering < this survey of the tract fails to close > — see error of closure 7. a. < to compensate for stock opened at 126, closed at 128 > < hogs closed strong > b. < the market managed to close slightly lower > Synonyms: < the case is now closed and needs no further discussion > < these discoveries closed his career in the church > end may more strongly connote finality; likely to contrast with begin, it may imply a certain progress, sequence, or development < difficulties in determining when the medieval period ends > < the book ends on a happier note > conclude may be more formal in suggestion < the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the hostess > finish may suggest full execution or resolution of the last steps or stages of a continued action or process < the War of the Confederacy over but not finished — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < at three o'clock his business was finished and he was ready to return — Sherwood Anderson > terminate may suggest a definite term or limit involved, an attaining definitively to that term, with or without completing or fulfilling < the old arrangement with the company, now terminated > < the interim appointments having terminated > complete may indicate an ending marked by fulfilling, perfecting, leaving nothing undone < he did not complete the picture until three years later > Words of this series are often close synonyms, and any one of this set may be substituted for close in a sentence like “singing the Alma Mater closes the services”. • - close its doors - close one's eyes to - close ranks - close the books - close the door II. 1. a. < the things that a busy life and its premature close left him no time to give — D.M.Davin > < at the close of hostilities > b. < as the decade drew to a close > < bring the chapter to a close > < after the close of the war > c. < conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close > d. e. 2. 3. archaic < attested by the holy close of lips — Shakespeare > 4. archaic < unwounded from the dreadful close — Sir Walter Scott > 5. 6. dancing III. 1. a. dialect Britain b. Britain c. Britain d. Britain 2. chiefly Britain a. b. 3. a. b. IV. 1. a. < a close hatch > < drove off in a close carriage > b. heraldry (1) (2) 2. archaic < close streets of the old city > 3. a. < a close prisoner > < close quarters > < five days of close arrest > < so close was her hold upon his arm that he feared to detach himself lest he should hurt her — Charles Dickens > < to escape from a close, systematic, cultivated life into an open and relatively barbarous existence — Lewis Mumford > b. (1) of a vowel (2) < Italian has a close and an open e > (3) of lip rounding c. < a close scholarship > d. < the close season for hunting deer > e. of a chess game 4. a. < the bandits kept close during the day > b. < she could tell us something if she would … but she was as close as wax — A. Conan Doyle > 5. < keeping a close watch on expenditures > < close control over the credit structure > < keeping records in close accord with facts > < nothing short of a close critical analysis will do > < a prisoner in close custody > 6. < it seemed from the dreadfully close atmosphere that no window had been opened in it for weeks past — Anthony Trollope > < I lolled on the couch and breathed its close smell of cloth in hot weather — Edmund Wilson > 7. < a close buyer and a good marketer — W.A.White > 8. < close texture > < close grain in wood > a. < in so close and murderous a conflict the valor of no single individual could decide the day — J.L.Motley > < flying in close formation > b. < she was handicapped by her almost illegible close handwriting > c. of type d. of a library classification e. of an animal's coat < a close-coated dog is better for working briery uplands > 9. a. < a close gown > < a bathing suit skintight and close > b. < the fall mowing of the grass was too close > < the barber gave him a close shave > c. < a concession that brought him into close harmony with his colleagues > < unable to escape the force of close reasoning > d. of a tolerance 10. < as close together as bungalows in a suburban town — American Guide Series: California > < St. Louis is closer to Chicago than it is to Detroit > < an … ibis, strikingly colorful at close range — American Guide Series: Florida > or in time < these dates come close to the Christmas holidays > or in kind < a strong intense smell close to that of burning garbage — Norman Mailer > < Spanish is close to French and Italian > or in feeling < Whittier was close in spirit to the Rhode Island Quakers — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < farmers in overalls … proclaim again how close to the soil is Minneapolis — American Guide Series: Minnesota > or in effect < crude and vulgar are close synonyms > < the banker has got to be close to the property he is financing — Encyc. Americana > or in degree < a speed close to that of sound > < a salary close to the president's > or in action < his reply left her close to tears > or in relationship < first cousins are close relatives > 11. a. < you loved your mother and your sister, all the close circle that was bound to you by blood and habit — Mary Austin > < too close to Theodore Roosevelt ever to receive the confidence of Woodrow Wilson — F.L.Paxson > b. < the close ties that bind them together > < close relations between Norway and Sweden > 12. a. < many of the 18th century policemen of usage were not close students of the language — Charlton Laird > < a close study > < close knowledge of French > < close questioning about his activities > < a close observer of weather conditions > b. < a close copy of an old master > < a close analogy between their customs and ours > c. < his exact, close, sober classical style — Edmund Wilson > 13. a. < a close baseball game ending with a score of 10-9 > < the base runner was safe at second on a close play > < the close election of 1916 > < Minnesota was close, with twelve votes whose disposition must await final count — F.L.Paxson > < a close race won by a nose > b. < looking at the vanishing train, he breathed “that was close” > c. < a congressman from a close district > < dividing the seats in the legislature into sure and close seats > 14. English law 15. finance < money is close > 16. 17. a. of punctuation b. of the punctuation of a letter Synonyms: < close stitching > < close formations > < between the close moss violet-inwoven — P.B.Shelley > < a close impervious soil — American Guide Series: North Carolina > In literary criticism it may indicate effective compression into few words < a relief to turn back to the austere, close language of Everyman, the simplicity of the mysteries — T.S.Eliot > dense describes an aggregation of particles or component units set very near each other and making penetration or perception difficult < the dense trees of the avenue rendered the road dark as a tunnel — Thomas Hardy > < surrounded by a throng so dense that I could scarcely breathe — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > < Proust's book is a gigantic dense mesh of complicated relations — Edmund Wilson > compact may suggest a consolidation within a circumscribed area or space making for order, firmness, efficiency, or strength < the village has ceased to be a compact unit and it is no longer easy to find its center — Times Literary Supplement > < below the ordinary height … he was all compact and under his swart, tattooed skin the muscles worked like steel rods — Herman Melville > thick may suggest a concentrated abundance < chestnuts near, that hung in masses thick — Alfred Tennyson > < what the dry weather doesn't spoil, the tobacco worms will. They were thick as hops — Ellen Glasgow > < sometimes the isle was thick with savages … sometimes full of dangerous animals — R.L.Stevenson > Synonym: see in addition familiar, silent, stingy. • - close to home V. 1. a. < in fog stick close to the white guideline > < strangers draw close and ask each other two questions — E.W.Smith > < its nucleons draw closer to one another — G.W.Gray b.1866 > < close to my cheek > < close under the roof > < building a school close by > < overlooking the tasks lying close at hand > < it is only close up that the impact of his power-charged personality makes itself felt — R.C.Doty > < having their babies closer together > — often used in combination < close-set > b. < anxious to come closer to the truth of life > < as for solving the problem, we haven't come close > 2. archaic < His Royal Highness must lie very close here till tomorrow evening — John Buchan > 3. < there is not a door, nor a window, that shuts close — Tobias Smollett > 4. < on looking closer, it struck me that Hamlet often does one thing instead of another — Karl Polanyi > 5. < sticking close to the classic models > 6. < the cause that touches me closest > < there is something in the heart of street dogs that draws them close to men — William Saroyan > < it is up to the illustrator to get as close as he can to the spirit of the text — Mervyn Peake > • - close to the wind VI. |
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