closer 音标拼音: [kl'osɚ] [kl'ozɚ]
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closer adv 1 : (
comparative of `
near '
or `
close ')
within a shorter distance ; "
come closer ,
my dear !"; "
they drew nearer ";
"
getting nearer to the true explanation " [
synonym : {
nearer },
{
nigher }, {
closer }]
n 1 :
a person who closes something ; "
whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up "
2 : (
baseball )
a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game [
synonym : {
closer }, {
finisher }]
Close \
Close \ (
kl [=
o ]
s ),
a . [
Compar . {
Closer } (
kl [=
o ]"
s [~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Closest }.] [
Of . &
F .
clos ,
p .
p .
of clore .
See {
Close },
v .
t .]
1 .
Shut fast ;
closed ;
tight ;
as ,
a close box .
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From a close bower this dainty music flowed .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
Narrow ;
confined ;
as ,
a close alley ;
close quarters . "
A close prison ." --
Dickens .
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3 .
Oppressive ;
without motion or ventilation ;
causing a feeling of lassitude ; --
said of the air ,
weather ,
etc .
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If the rooms be low -
roofed ,
or full of windows and doors ,
the one maketh the air close , . . .
and the other maketh it exceeding unequal . --
Bacon .
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4 .
Strictly confined ;
carefully quarded ;
as ,
a close prisoner .
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5 .
Out of the way observation ;
secluded ;
secret ;
hidden . "
He yet kept himself close because of Saul ." --
1 Chron .
xii .
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"
Her close intent ." --
Spenser .
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6 .
Disposed to keep secrets ;
secretive ;
reticent . "
For secrecy ,
no lady closer ." --
Shak .
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7 .
Having the parts near each other ;
dense ;
solid ;
compact ;
as applied to bodies ;
viscous ;
tenacious ;
not volatile ,
as applied to liquids .
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The golden globe being put into a press , . . .
the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal . --
Locke .
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8 .
Concise ;
to the point ;
as ,
close reasoning . "
Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass ." --
Dryden .
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9 .
Adjoining ;
near ;
either in space ;
time ,
or thought ; --
often followed by to .
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Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall .
--
Mortimer .
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The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing --
not a faint hearsay . --
G .
Eliot .
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10 .
Short ;
as ,
to cut grass or hair close .
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11 .
Intimate ;
familiar ;
confidential .
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League with you I seek And mutual amity ,
so strait ,
so close ,
That I with you must dwell ,
or you with me .
--
Milton .
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12 .
Nearly equal ;
almost evenly balanced ;
as ,
a close vote .
"
A close contest ." --
Prescott .
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13 .
Difficult to obtain ;
as ,
money is close . --
Bartlett .
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14 .
Parsimonious ;
stingy . "
A crusty old fellow ,
as close as a vise ." --
Hawthorne .
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15 .
Adhering strictly to a standard or original ;
exact ;
strict ;
as ,
a close translation . --
Locke .
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16 .
Accurate ;
careful ;
precise ;
also ,
attentive ;
undeviating ;
strict ;
not wandering ;
as ,
a close observer .
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17 . (
Phon .)
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth ,
as certain sounds of e and o in French ,
Italian ,
and German ; --
opposed to open .
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{
Close borough }.
See under {
Borough }.
{
Close breeding }.
See under {
Breeding }.
{
Close communion },
communion in the Lord '
s supper ,
restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion .
{
Close corporation },
a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies .
{
Close fertilization }. (
Bot .)
See {
Fertilization }.
{
Close harmony } (
Mus .),
compact harmony ,
in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves .
{
Close time },
a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law .
{
Close vowel } (
Pron .),
a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips ,
or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth .
{
Close to the wind } (
Naut .),
directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail ;
closehauled ; --
said of a vessel .
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Closer \
Clos "
er \,
n .
1 .
One who ,
or that which ,
closes ;
specifically ,
a boot closer .
See under {
Boot }.
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2 .
A finisher ;
that which finishes or terminates .
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3 . (
Masonry )
The last stone in a horizontal course ,
if of a less size than the others ,
or a piece of brick finishing a course . --
Gwilt .
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