close/kləʊz/

vt

1. 使关闭

• close the door 关门

• Close your eyes and go to sleep. 闭上眼睛睡觉吧。

2. 封闭，封锁

• The government closed the woodlands because of the drought. 由于干旱，政府封闭了林区。

3. 使关门；使歇业，打烊

• They may be forced to close the local post office. 他们可能要被迫关闭当地的邮局。

• We close business at 8 p.m. 本店晚上8点停止营业。

4. 结束，停止

• They closed the conference with a short speech. 他们以一篇简短演说结束了会议。

5. 解决(某事)；达成(协议)

• close a problem 解决一个问题

• The deal was closed. 这桩买卖成交了。

6. 填塞

• He closed a crack in the wall with plaster. 他用灰泥填住了墙上的缝。

7. 使靠拢；使闭合

• close a trade gap 弥合贸易差额

• The doctor closed his wound with stitches. 医生给他缝合伤口。

8. 结清，清算

• close a bank account 结清一个银行账户

vi

1. 关，闭

• The door won't close. 门关不上。

• Her lips closed firmly. 她的嘴唇紧紧闭着。

2. 关闭；收盘

• The bookstore closes at 5 p.m. every day. 书店每天下午5点关门。

• The pound closed at $1.48 last night. 昨晚英镑以1.48美元的价格收盘。

3. 结束；终止

• The service closed with a hymn. 礼拜以一首赞美诗而结束。

4. 围拢；愈合

• Her arms closed tightly round him. 她的双臂紧紧地抱着他。

• The wound has closed. 伤口愈合了。

5. 达成协议；表示同意

词组close down 关闭；歇业

• The factory will have to close down soon. Business is so bad. 生意太差，该厂不久就要歇业了。

close in

1. 白昼在逐渐变短；天变黑

• The days are closing in. 白昼变短。

• The night has closed in. 夜幕已经降临。

2. 包围

• The enemy were closing in on our troops. 敌人正从四面向我军逼近。

• Despair closed in on him. 他陷入绝望之中。

close off

1. 封锁，使隔绝

• The police have closed off the streets. 警察已经封锁了这条街。

2. 结(账)

• The account was closed off. 账结清了。

close out 清仓销售；卖掉

• close out a stock of goods 清仓销售一批存货

close up

1. 关闭；停业

• close up a firm 关闭一家公司

2. 靠拢；愈合

• He told the soldiers to close up. 他让士兵们靠拢。

• The wound in his leg has begun to close up. 他腿上的伤口开始愈合。

close upon 包围 close with

1. 同意；达成协议

• He was willing to close with my terms. 他愿意接受我的条件。

• The two managers closed with each other at the end of the negotiation. 两位经理在谈判结束时达成了协议。

2. 接近；与…短兵相接

• The ship was closing with the island. 这艘船驶近岛屿。

• They closed with the enemy. 他们和敌人短兵相接。