| 单词 | to close in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto close in to close in 1. transitive. To confine by closing the means of egress; to shut in, hem in, enclose. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 c1400 Melayne 129 The angele dange tham downn, That closede in that Cite. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 261 The apostles..closed them in to gyther. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 270 The Frenche king..thought verily to have closed the king of England in betweene Abvile and the river of Some. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. vii. 46 They came forth out of all the townes..and closed them in . View more context for this quotation 2. To shut with inward motion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > inwards to close in1569 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 260 He drewe in his head and closed in his Wyndow. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. ii. 12 The windows were closed in. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > come into agreement to close in1679 to close a bargain1839 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 290 He presently closes in, accepts, and complyes with it. 1742 T. Morrice Mem. Earl of Orrery vi. 37 in Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. He..therefore charged his lordship to close in with the duke. a1745 J. Swift in Wks. I. 220 To close in with the people. 4. To draw near to, or to advance into contact with, to come to close quarters with. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near neighlecheeOE i-nehleche971 to draw nearc1330 to nigh nighc1330 nighle1340 to-neighea1382 nigha1387 to draw nigh?a1400 nighena1400 to nigh neara1400 to draw ona1450 neara1522 to close about, on, round, upon1523 accost1571 anear1582 anigh1594 proach1600 appropinquate1623 to close in1704 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > come to close quarters to fling togetherc1300 fewterc1440 to come to handstrokes1488 to come to (one's) hands (also hand)1524 to fight short1533 buckle1535 close1590 to close in1704 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 193 I do now gladly..close in with my Subject. 1795 Ld. Nelson 21 Mar. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 21 Which enabled the Agamemnon and Inconstant to close in with her. 5. Said of what surrounds: to draw in upon, or approach from all sides, so as to shut in; hence said of the approach of night or darkness. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > draw near > of that which surrounds to close in1816 1816 J. Austen Emma III. v. 74 The evening is closing in . View more context for this quotation 1829 W. Irving Granada (1850) 88 As the night closed in, they reached the chain of little valleys and hamlets. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xii. 95 The capricious ice closed in upon us. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ix. 139 Evening was closing in. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §27. 206 As the night drew on, the mountains seemed to close in upon us. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. vii. 77 Night was fast closing in. < as lemmas |
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