to put in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.;shut.
to stop or obstruct: to close a hole in a wall with plaster.
to block or hinder passage across or access to: to close the woods to picnickers.
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to stop or obstruct the entrances, apertures, or gaps in: He closed the crate and tied it up.
to make imperceptive or inaccessible: to close one's mind to the opposite opinion.
to bring together the parts of; join; unite: Close up those ranks!The surgeon closed the incision.
Electricity. to complete by joining the circuit elements: The circuit was closed so the current could be measured.
to bring to an end: to close a debate.
to arrange the final details of; to conclude negotiations about: to close a deal to everyone's satisfaction.
to complete or settle; consummate: We close the sale of the house next week.
to stop rendering the customary services of: to close a store for the night.
to terminate or suspend the operation of; to halt the activities of: The epidemic forced authorities to close the schools.The police closed the bar for selling liquor to minors.
Nautical. to come close to: We closed the cruiser to put our injured captain on board.
Metalworking. to reduce the internal diameter of.
Archaic. to shut in or surround on all sides; enclose; cover in: to close a bird in a cage.
v. 无主动词 verb
closed,clos·ing.
to become closed; shut: The door closed with a bang.This window is stuck and will not close tight.
to come together; unite: Her lips closed firmly.
to come close: His pursuers closed rapidly.
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to grapple; engage in close encounter: We closed with the invaders shortly before sundown.
to come to an end; terminate: The service closed with a hymn.
to cease to offer the customary activities or services: The school closed for the summer.
to enter into or reach an agreement, usually as a contract: The builder closed with the contractor after negotiations.
to cease to be performed: The play closed in New York yesterday and will open in Dallas next week.
to be priced or show a change in price as specified at the end of a trading period: The market closed low for the fourth straight day.
adj. 形容词 adjective
clos·er,clos·est.
having the parts or elements near to one another: a close formation of battleships.
not open to public or general admission, competition, etc.: The entire parish participated in the close communication.
occurring at the end of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: close parentheses;close quotes;close brackets.Compare open.
Stock Exchange. the closing price on a stock.the closing prices on an exchange market.
Scot. a narrow entry or alley terminating in a dead end.a courtyard enclosed except for one narrow entrance.
Archaic. a junction; union.
Obsolete. a close encounter; a grapple: The fighters met in a fierce close.
v. 动词组 verb
close down, to terminate the operation of; discontinue: to close down an air base because of budget cuts.to attempt to control or eliminate: The city must close down drug traffic.
close in on / upon to approach so as to capture, attack, arrest, etc.: The hoodlums closed in on their victim.to surround or envelop so as to entrap: a feeling that the room was closing in upon her.
close out, to reduce the price of for quick sale: That store is closing out its stock of men's clothing.to liquidate or dispose of finally and completely: They closed out their interests after many years in this city.
close up, to come together in close array; converge: The enemy was closing up on us from both flanks.to bring to an end; cease: The company is closing up its overseas operations.to become silent or uncommunicative.to reduce or eliminate spacing material between.
Faith was on full display during the Democratic National Convention, where Joe Biden closed out the week with several pointed references to his Catholic faith.
Compared to the rest of its full-frame A7 siblings, the A7C is roughly 20-percent smaller, which makes it very close to the consumer-oriented A6600.
At the time, future members Tesla and Nvidia didn’t come close to making the cut, ranking 35th and 78th respectively on the Nasdaq 100.
Some retailers have already altered their store hours, including big-box stores that as early as July started announcing their plans to close on Thanksgiving Day.
The tally is closing in on 2019’s total of 70 billion euros, even after a coronavirus market shutdown earlier in the year.
How do they maintain that closeness with this risk over their heads?
Is there something bizarre or abnormal about this type of father-daughter relationship, their closeness?
The early team felt an intense closeness—the kind of bond you form when everyone works together toward one unified goal.
“I think that there was—or is—a real closeness of Valentino and mine that never stopped,” Giammetti says.
For a while they became inseparable, but Morrissey never details their closeness.
She stood before him with lowered eyelids, her bosom heaving still from the agitation of fear his closeness had aroused in her.
Flora's whisper to Ethel was her first discovery that the closeness and the heat of the room was nearly overpowering.
The closeness of their association made all the more surprising this sudden exclusion.
In a minute he had folded his arms with the same closeness Vanderbank had used—in a minute he too was nervously shaking his foot.
Nowhere is the science of boat-building and boat-sailing studied with greater closeness than in that shop.