close /kləʊz/ CET4 ( closing, closed, closes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered. 关闭; 闭合

  例：

  If you are cold, close the window.

  如果你冷就关上窗户。

  例：

  Zacharias heard the door close.

  札哈里亚斯听到门关上了。

• 2. 

  V-T When you close something such as an open book or umbrella, you move the different parts of it together. 把 (书、伞等) 合上

  例：

  Slowly he closed the book.

  慢慢地他把书合上了。

• 3. 

  V-T If you close something such as a computer file or window, you give the computer an instruction to remove it from the screen. 关闭 (计算机文件、窗口) [计算机]

  例：

  To close your document, press CTRL+W on your keyboard.

  要关闭你的文件同时按下键盘上的CTRL和W键。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When you close your eyes or your eyes close, your eyelids move downward, so that you can no longer see. 闭上眼睛

  例：

  Bess closed her eyes and fell asleep.

  贝丝闭上眼睛，睡着了。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I When a place closes or is closed, work or activity stops there for a short period. (地方) 暂时关闭

  例：

  Shops close only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

  商店只在圣诞日和元旦停业。

  例：

  Government troops closed the airport.

  政府军队临时关闭了机场。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If a place such as a factory, shop, or school closes, or if it is closed, all work or activity stops there permanently. 使永久关闭; 永久关闭

  例：

  Many enterprises will be forced to close.

  许多企业将被迫关闭。

• 7. 

  PHRASAL VERB Close down means the same as close. 永久关闭

  例：

  Minford closed down the business and went into politics.

  明福特关了买卖，进入了政界。

• 8. 

  closing N-SING 关闭

  例：

  ...since the closing of the steel mill in 1984.

  …自从1984年钢铁厂的关闭以来。

• 9. 

  V-T To close a road or border means to block it in order to prevent people from using it. 封锁 (道路、边境)

  例：

  They were cut off from the West in 1948 when their government closed that border crossing.

  当他们的政府于1948年封锁了那个那个边境通道以后，他们与西方国家的联系就被切断了。

• 10. 

  V-T To close a conversation, event, or matter means to bring it to an end or to complete it. 结束

  例：

  Judge Isabel Oliva said last night: "I have closed the case. There was no foul play."

  伊莎贝尔•奥莉芙法官昨晚说：“我已经结案了，其中没有违规做法。”

  例：

  The governor is said to now consider the matter closed.

  据说州长认为此事已经了结了。

• 11. 

  V-T If you close a bank account, you take all your money out of it and inform the bank that you will no longer be using the account. 结清 (银行账户)

  例：

  He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier.

  他早在5年前就已经跟银行结清了户头。

• 12. 

  V-I On the stock market or the currency markets, if a share price or a currency closes at a particular value, that is its value at the end of the day's business. (股票) 收盘 [商业]

  例：

  The U.S. dollar closed higher in Tokyo today.

  美元今天在东京的收盘价更高。

• 13. 

  → see also closing

• 14. 

  to close your eyes to something →see eye

• 15. 

  to close ranks →see rank