单词 | close in |
释义 | close in (once / 587 pages) v WORD FAMILY close in: closed in, closes in, closing in USAGE EXAMPLESBesides Britain, markets were closed in Japan, China and Hong Kong and were due to remain shut in New York. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The southern Brawley Seismic Zone is close in proximity to the Imperial fault. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) He was an editor on the city desk when the Star closed in 1981. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1v advance or converge on The police were closing in on him Syn|Hyper draw in draw in, get in, move in, pull in of trains; move into (a station) advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress move forward, also in the metaphorical sense 2v surround completely They closed in the porch with a fence Syn|Hypo|Hyper enclose, inclose, shut in insert, tuck fit snugly into wall in, wall upenclose with a wall bower, embowerenclose in a bower enshrine, shrineenclose in a shrine case, encase, incaseenclose in, or as if in, a case bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow upenclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing border, frame, frame inenclose in or as if in a frame glass, glass inenclose with glass bankenclose with a bank dike, dykeenclose with a dike encapsulateenclose in a capsule or other small container fence, fence inenclose with a fence cordon off, rope in, rope offdivide by means of a rope casketenclose in a casket corralenclose in a corral fort, fortifyenclose by or as if by a fortification hedge, hedge inenclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges brick in, brick over, brick upwall up with brick packarrange in a container box, packageput into a box sackput in a sack crateput into a crate; as for protection trenchfortify by surrounding with trenches embattlefortify by furnishing with battlements for defense border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
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