| 单词 | to close out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto close out to close out 1. To shut out, exclude. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out loukc1275 speara1300 beshutc1330 forbarc1330 warn?a1366 to close outa1382 to shut outc1384 steeka1393 again-louka1400 to keep outc1425 outshutc1450 seclude1498 to stop outc1530 to hedge out1549 confine1577 to hold out1583 out-bar1590 debar1593 excommunicate1602 expel1604 immurec1616 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iii. 8 He closede out myn orisoun [a1425 L.V. excludid my prier]. c1490 Promptorium Parvulorum 83 (MS. K) Closyn oute or schettyn owt, excludo. 2. To clear out (a stock of goods); to wind up (a business); to sell or finish off. Also absol. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale to sell upc1480 to sell offa1684 to sell out1811 to close out1852 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > close business to close out1852 to shut down1877 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > a house or business to close out1852 to sell up1862 1852 J. M. Letts California 159 We offered him [a mule] to Mr. Priest for six dollars... He offered two, at which we ‘closed him out’. 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 101 It will be closed out very cheap. 1888 St. Paul Globe 22 Jan. (advt.) I shall also close out absolutely my Instruments of all kinds. 1891 H. F. O'Beirne Leaders Indian Territory I. 59/1 In 1879 he opened business in Audubon, Wise county, but closed out in 1883. 1898 C. A. Bates Clothing Bk. No. 2502 There is no excuse for this with summer clothing at the prices at which we are closing out. 1903 Lett. that bring Business vi. 58 If you could have closed them out with a little less than the 10s. reduction you mention. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 80 About the time we closed out and were again ready to go home, there was a cattleman's ball given. 1907 Smart Set June 55/2 This must be ended; it must be closed out of our lives with all the rest. 1909 S. E. White Rules of Game iii. x I should advise closing out the business by killing the fowl. 1936 D. Teilhet Ticking Terror Murders xiii. 214 Closing-out sale! Frances Taylor is closing out her Paris-Hollywood Shop. Reduced prices. 1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes x. 86 Problems closed-out during May 1944. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 170 I abruptly ended this approach. I closed it out by September, 1958. to close out to close out intransitive. Surfing. Of a wave: to break along its whole length at the same time, thus providing little or no rideable face. ΚΠ 1961 Surfer Q. Summer 25/1 'Senior Surfers' tell of the big south swell of 1939 when it ‘closed-out’ all the way across the bay. 1988 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 28 Feb. The event..was held in one to two-metre waves most of which were closing out. 1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) xli. 161 He estimated his wave at between thirty and thirty-five. ‘If it walls and closes out but you could maybe ride it, that's thirty.’ 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Sept. a21/1 The beach was dotted with surfers standing in perplexed clumps... The waves were ‘closing out’, or cresting all at once instead of in a ripple. < as lemmas |
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