英语词汇“to close ranks or files”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to close ranks or files: to bring those composing them in close order so as to leave no gaps or slack parts. Also figurative and absol.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > close up (ranks or files)

serry1639

to close ranks1647

to lock up1763

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > open or close ranks

to close ranks or files1797

to accept the files1868

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lvii. 171 The Barrons and Clergy suddenly close their files, and like a stone-wall stood firm to each other.

1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 263 The officers..will each successively..close his rear rank.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 179 The Files are to be as well closed as may be consistent with marching perfectly at ease.

1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 9 Right Close—Quick March.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 248 They did not..close Their sooty ranks, caw and confabulate For nothing.

1941 ‘G. Orwell’ Lion & Unicorn i. iii. 35 England..is a family... It has its private language and its common memories, and at the approach of an enemy it closes its ranks.1948 W. S. Churchill Gathering Storm i. xxi. 382 The tide of events brought with it a closing of the ranks between England and France, and also at home.1974 G. Hubbard Quaker by Convincement ii. i. 68 Some Friends occasionally suggest that a creed might help to clarify our thoughts... At this suggestion the majority close their ranks, and hold firm to their beliefs, which are not to be contained in the strait-jacket of a creed.1977 Oxford Mission Quarterly Paper Jan.–Mar. 16 When surrounded by astronomical numbers of non~Christians, Christians tend to show their solidarity by closing their ranks.

单词	to close ranks or files
释义	> as lemmas to close ranks or files b. to close ranks or files: to bring those composing them in close order so as to leave no gaps or slack parts. Also figurative and absol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > close up (ranks or files) serry1639 to close ranks1647 to lock up1763 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > open or close ranks to close ranks or files1797 to accept the files1868 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lvii. 171 The Barrons and Clergy suddenly close their files, and like a stone-wall stood firm to each other. 1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) App. 263 The officers..will each successively..close his rear rank. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 179 The Files are to be as well closed as may be consistent with marching perfectly at ease. 1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 9 Right Close—Quick March. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 248 They did not..close Their sooty ranks, caw and confabulate For nothing. 1941 ‘G. Orwell’ Lion & Unicorn i. iii. 35 England..is a family... It has its private language and its common memories, and at the approach of an enemy it closes its ranks.1948 W. S. Churchill Gathering Storm i. xxi. 382 The tide of events brought with it a closing of the ranks between England and France, and also at home.1974 G. Hubbard Quaker by Convincement ii. i. 68 Some Friends occasionally suggest that a creed might help to clarify our thoughts... At this suggestion the majority close their ranks, and hold firm to their beliefs, which are not to be contained in the strait-jacket of a creed.1977 Oxford Mission Quarterly Paper Jan.–Mar. 16 When surrounded by astronomical numbers of non~Christians, Christians tend to show their solidarity by closing their ranks. extracted from closev. < as lemmas
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