| 释义 |
clo·sure
I. \ˈklōzhə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin clausura, from clausus (past participle of claudere to close) + -ura -ure — more at close
1.
a. archaic : means of enclosing
< formed a closure around a plot of land >
b. obsolete : fort
c. obsolete : encircling bounds
< within the guilty closure of thy walls — Shakespeare >
d. obsolete : a space enclosed
e. civil engineering : a giving of a closed figure when plotted — compare close vi 6
2.
a. obsolete : the action of confining or condition of being confined in an enclosing place
b. : the absence of social mobility in a social group : social self-containment of a group
3.
a. : a bringing to a point of completion
b. cricket : an act or right of declaring an innings closed
c. linguistics : a closed construction — compare close vt 1b (3)
4.
a. : an act of closing up or condition of being closed up
< closure of the eyelids >
< the captain checked the ship's closure for the pending attack >
b. : a filling up of a space to seal or render impervious
< be sure the container has a tight closure to keep it free from contamination >
c. : a drawing together of edges or parts to form a united integument
< wound closure by suture immediately after laceration >
d. phonetics
(1) : the extent to which an articulation blocks the passage of air
(2) : the outer and the inner closure in a consonant articulation
5.
a. : a means of filling a space or gap especially by sealing it or of closing an opening (as in a garment or luggage): as
(1) : fastener, closing
< styled with fly-front closure >
< pocket with zipper closure >
< closure buttons for tubular furniture >
(2) : closer 2
(3) : a cap, lid, or other form of stopper on or in a container especially for sealing it
b. : the part of a container where the final seal is made
6. archaic : a coming to an agreement
< a precipitate closure with this gentleman's proposals — Jane Austen >
7. [translation of French clôture — more at cloture] : cloture
8.
a. : the vertical distance between the highest point in a quaquaversal flexure or doubly plunging anticline and the lowest structure-contour line that closes around it
b. Britain : a fold of a close-textured rock over a layer of porous rock to form a trap
9. : a bringing of some activity to a stop
< a closure on smoking in the woods during a dry spell >
: cessation of operation
< closure of foreign-owned industries >
10. : a closing with a particular destination on the part of a ship
11. psychology : the perception of incomplete figures or situations as though complete by ignoring the missing parts or by compensating for them by projection based on past experience
II. transitive verb
(closured ; closured ; closuring \-zh(ə)riŋ\ ; closures)
: cloture
< debate was closured so the bill could be put to an almost immediate vote >
III. noun
1. : the property that a number system or a set has when it is mathematically closed under an operation
2. : a set that consists of a given set together with all the limit points of that set |