查看，那幅画被证实是件赝品。◊ Pay dose attention to w/iat Jam teHin^you.要认真听我给#讲的话。

►                SIMILAR 相似 7 ~ (to sth) very similar to sth else or to an amount 酷似的；几:爭相等的：rhere’s a dose resem­blance (= they look very similar). 彼此间有酷似之处。 ◊ Hi5/ee〖ing_/or her w〇5 dose to hatred.他对她的感情近乎 仇痕。' ◊ The totaf was dose to 20% o/tfte worfc/orce•总 知备近劳动力的 20%。◊ We tried to match the coZours, but this.is the dosest we couid get.我们尽量使颜色搭配 协调，但最好也就能做到这样了。

►                COMPETITION/ELECHON，ETC.竞争、选举等 8 won by only a small amount or distance 女力相差无几的；仅& 些也之差获胜的：a cZose contest/matd^/etecrion奴方 实力很接近的竞赛/比赛；胜负双方差距很小的选举 was a ve/y dosej^nish.比赛结果的胜叙双方差距极小。◊ J think it’s going to be dose.我％为这将是一场实力很接 近的角逐。◊ Our team ca爪e a cZose second (= nearZy won).我们队以微弱差距屈居第二。◊ 77ie game was dos纟r than t/ie score suggests•取方实力比得分所显示的 ■要吏接近。，◊ r/ie resuZt is going to be too ctose to caH

(=either side may win).双方实力非常接近，因此结果无 法预料。

►.ALMOST BAD RESULT.近乎于不好的结果.9 used to describe sth，usually a dangerous or unpleasant situ­ation, that nearly happens ( 通常指危险或不愉快的情况 几单全生）差一,4儿.，险些：Phew/ That was cZose—that carneartyhitus.啊！好险！那辆牟差点儿撞上我们c ◊ We caught the bus in the end but it was close (= we nearly missed it).虽然我们最后，总算赶上.了那趟公共汽 军，但也是够悬的。

►                WITHOUT SPACE 无空间 10 with little or no space in between空隙极小的；充空隙的；密集的；紧凑的：over H)00p呀es 〇/dose print * 1 000多页字体密集的印刷品 0 The soldiers advanced in close formation.

集的队形前进。

►                CUT SHORT 丨fa; 11 cut very short，near to the skin 剪到 齐根的；剪得很短的：a dose haircur/shave剪到齐根

的头发；刮剃干净

►                GUARDED 戒备 12 [only before noun] carefully guarded 严 加戒备的；守卫严密命：The donorWdentity is a dose secret.捐赠人的身份是一个严加保守的秘密。0 She w〇5 fcept under dose arrest•她被严密监禁。

►                WEATHER/R00M 天气.；房间13 warm in an uncomfort­able way because there does not seem to be enough fresh air闷热的；不通风的SH stuffy

►                PRIVATE 私.人 14 [not before.noun] ~ (about sth) not willing to give personal information about yourself

(对自己的个人信息）守口如瓶：He was dose about hii- pa^•他对他的过去守口如瓶。

►                MEAN ^ h 15 [not before noun] (Srf) not liking to spend money 吝裔；小(气：She's always been very close with her money.她用钱i、是很吝啬。

►                PHONETICS i/丨 /丨,16 (also high) (of a vowel 元音） produced with the mouth in a relatively closed position 闭塞音的，闭的（发音时口形相对闭合）一compare open(19) ► close-ly adv. ： I sat and watched everyone ve/y ckweiy(= carefully).我坐着仔细观察每一个人,a ◊ He walked into the room, closely fQllowed by the rest of the/amiZy.他走进房间，后面紧跟着他的家人。◊ a dcweiy contested decti'o/i.安为相.塞年几的竞选◊ She doseZy resemWed her mother at the same,age•她与她母 亲在相词的年龄时长相酷似。◊ 77ie two events are dosdy connected,两起事件之间看密切的联系。close.ness

[U] ITTO1 at/from ,close 'quarters very near 很近；非常 靠近：_/iighting at dose quarters 近距离作战 ciose, but no 'cigar (informal, especially NAmE) used to tell sb that their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successful很接近，但还是输了；猜得差不多，但木完 全对 a .close _call/‘shave   a situation in which

you only just manage to avoid an accident, etc.饶幸避 芦亊故；fe幸脱险；幸免于难a close ’thing a situation in which success or failure is equally possible 成败机 会各半：We got him out in the end, but it was a close 我们最后总算把他救了出可那是真险啊。close to 1 home if a remark or topic of discussion is dose to home, it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed (话语 或讨论的话题）因点中要害而使人局促术安（或尴尬）： Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to

363     close-down

home.她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。keep a close ’eye/'watch on .sb/sth to watch sb/sth carefully 密切

注视；严密监视：.Over .the next /evv months we. wiH keep a dose eye on safe•在今后的几个月里我们将密喊 ，售情况。一more at heart

►                (closer, cjos.est) near; not far away 接近；_近；紧 €着；不远地：They sat dose together.丨也们紧裱着坐在 一库。◊ Don’t come too dose/ 别靠得太近。◊ She heZd r〇m ctose and pressed her chee/c to his.她紧紧地抱着 汤姆，并把脸佘贴在他的脸上。’◊了 cou〖dn，t get close enough to see.我无法靠得很埤未看清楚。◊ A second poHce car/oHowed c〖ose behind.第二辆警车紧紧跟^后 面。close at' hand near; in a place where sb/sth can be reached easily在谢近；在)it手可及的地方： 77iere are good ca/es and a restaurant dose at hand•附 近有几家挺不错的咖啡馆和一家餐馆。dose 'by (sb/sth] at a short distance (from sb/sth)'(离.…：）不远；在不远 坪;.在近旁：Owr介iends iive dose by•我们的朋友住得不 远。◊ T/ie ro?ite passes dose by the town..这条路离那座 城镇不远。close on.丨 dose to almost; nearly 几參；.接 金；M不多：She is cZose on sixty.她快满六+岁 l

is ctose on midnight•时近午夜。◊ a projfiit dose to £200 miHion 接近 2 亿英镑的利润 a close rim ’thing a situ­ation in which sb only just wins or loses, for example, in a_ competition or an election (比赛或舍举等中的）险 胜，差距很小的败北 dose ’to | dose _up in a position very near to sth 在很近处；很近地：The picture looks ve/y df你rent when you see ft dose to/.这幅画贴近看时就 很不一样。close up to sb/sth very near in space to sb/sth (含空间上■)輪…很近：She snug浴ed dose up to •她紧紧地杂偎着他。come dose (to sth/to doing sth) to almost reach or do sth 几乎达到；.差不多：He’d come dose to death•他曾与死神擦肩而过。◊ We didn’t win but we came dose•我们输了，但离赢只差了那么一 小点儿。run. sb/sth ’close (阶£) to be nearly as good, fast, successful, etc. as sb/stk else 与…不相上下；可 H ： Germany ran Argentina very dose in the 月nczL在决赛中，德国队发挥得几乎和阿根廷队一样出色。 _ more at card n., mark n., sail v.

►                not/n 1 (8nE) (especially in street names 尤用于街道名称） a street that is closed at one end —端不通的街道；夕6 胡同；死巷道：Broofcsfde a〇se布鲁克赛德巷2 the grounds and buildings that surround and belong to a CATHEDRAL大教堂所属的周围场地及建筑物

dose-cropped /.kleus 'krDpt; NAmE .klous 'kraipt/ adj. (of hair, grass, etc•头发、章等).cut very short 剪得很 短的

closed tHw /kleuzd; NAmE\douzd/ adj.

1 [not before noun] shut 為闭；基;)•闭：Keep the door dosed.让门关着吧。2 [not before.noun] shut, especially of a shop/store or public building that is not open for a period of time关闭；（尤指一段时间）停止营业;本开 放：77ie museum is dosed on Mondays.博物馆■每逢星期 一闭馆。◊ rto road is dosed to traj^iic.这系暂停® 行。3 not willing to accept outside influences or new ideas封闭的；闭关自守的；不愿接受新思想的：a dosed sodea闭关自守的社会◊ He has a dosed mind•他思想僵 』化守旧。4 [usually before noun] limited to a particular group of people; not open to everyone 只限于某些人 的；仅为少数人命；不治公众开放的：actosedmember- sh中只限于少数人的成员资格EES open o note at close1 fRTJI behind closed doors without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private与外界隔绝；秘密地；暗地里a c丨osed ’book (to sb) a subject or person that you know nothing about 对之一窍不通p事物；术:T解的人 .closed-'captioned adj. {NAm£) (of a TV programme 电视节目）having captions that can only be read if you have a special machine (= a decoder)闭路字幕的 i 用 解码器才能阅读）

closed-,circuit television noun [u] {abbr. CCTV) a television system that works within a limited area, for example a public building, to protect it from crime

闭路电视

close-down /'klsauz daun; NAmE 'klouz/ noun [U, sing.] the stopping of work, especially permanently, in an office, a factory, etc.(尤指永久的）停IE,停业；倒闭