, 3Pte [gjR°n o O Pay close attention to what I am
telling you.
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SIMILAR fgfy 7 ~
(to sth)
very similar to sth else or to an
amount ; Jl ft- # Eft : There’s
a close resem
blance (= they look very similar). 1£i&|B]ft0 His feeling for her was close to hatred. itk)ft#&fft[i§1#i!]:ft
ft ill o 0 The total
was close to 20% of the workforce. &
20%
0 o We tried to match the colours, but this is the closest we could get. MftiAfid
Mi,
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COMPETITION/ELECTION, ETC. ft; ft .
& M 8 won by
only a small amount or
distance ^AJ+flltAi/lEft; $.1IX : a close
contest/match/election XL A
oit
was a very close finish. 0
I
think it’s going to be close.
ft B*J M '& o 0 Our team came a close second (=
nearly won). M >((1 PA IA it Hi IE ® fOs % — 0 o The game was closer than the score
suggests. Mfj fa
Ulliilfto
<> The result is going to be too close to call {= either side may win).
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ALMOST BAD RESULT ft ft f ft ft fa^ 9 used t0 describe
sth, usually a dangerous or unpleasant situation, that nearly happens (
/Lftic^ ) P&lS". Phew! That was close—that
car nearly hit us. PH! ft$&\ 3P l ft i: ffcif 1 * 0
We caught
the bus in the end but it was close (= we nearly
missed it).
4, fiWiWo
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WITHOUT SPACE ft ft fa] 10 with little or no
space in
betweenftltMftift; AftM; 'M^fa: over
1 000
pages of close print * 1 000 &M^fc$%Mfai%$l<nn 0 The soldiers advanced in close formation. ± ft
ft If 3?
mmxmmo
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CUT SHORT i'j in 11 cut very short,
near to the skin fjM
ff IS Eft; MffiO&Mfa: a close haircut/shave
iftft£;
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GUARDED 12 [only before noun] carefully guarded f* jJO Hr Eft; IL Z"2
Eft: The donor’s identity
is a close secret, mmo She was kept under close arrest.
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WEATHER/ROOM X ft; ft- I ft 13 warm in an uncomfortable
way because there does not seem to be enough fresh air ift**!-Eft; ftilMEft BQ3 stuffy
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PRIVATE fL A 14 [not before noun] ~ (about sth) not
willing to give personal information about yourself
( i d ftjftAlls ) ft P #P)fE: He was close about his past. a iuMc
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MEAN |r
m 15 [not before noun] (BrE) not liking to
spend
money ffm ; ft;ft: She’s always been very close with
her money. „
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PHONETICS iff ft V 16 (also high) (of a vowel ft ■#)
produced with the mouth in a
relatively closed position 1*1 ^ ft Eft, 1*1 ift ( ) —compare
open(19) ► close-ly adv. : I sat and watched everyone
very closely (= carefully). tAo o
He walked
into the room, closely followed by the rest of the family. &$JHA0
oa
closely contested election A IS £ ft
Mo O The two events are closely connected. M^^ft£lft'ftSi?iUEftl£^o closeness noun [U] liaai at/from .close
'quarters very
near jgjJr; ## Hifi: fighting at close quarters close, but
no 'cigar (informal, especially NAmE) used to tell sb that
their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successful {M&JiiftT;
rfc)!'* a .close 'call/'shave
(informal) a situation in which
you only just manage to avoid an accident, etc.
*£ a close 'thing a situation in which
success or failure is equally possible
#
ft: We got him out in the end, but it
was a close
thing. close
to home if a remark or topic
of discussion is close to home, it is accurate or
connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed ( feilf
( aMM; ) :
Her
remarks about me were embarrassingly close to
home. keep a close
eye/'watch on sb/sth to watch sb/sth carefully ffj iill; Over the next few months we will keep
a close eye on sales. Eft
jlft/1
^1f — more at heart
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adv. (closer, closest) near; not far away
i£i£; %
They
sat close
together.
0
Don’t come too close! O She held
Tom close and pressed her cheek to his. illilf Wo w, # 1C M W & ffe'W ± o OI couldn’t get close enough to see. & fc ^ ®f5, p #
?S %L 0 0 A second
police car followed close behind. % ffio
rm dose at 'hand near; in a place where sb/sth can be
reached easily |E pft i£ ; ft )IM -?• W H
at a
short distance (from sb/sth) ( ft?••■ ;) ^jze;
ftft^jzs /h;.
ftifi^: Our friends
live close by. 1M] j7t0 o The route passes close by the town.
close on | close to almost; nearly Jlf--, g i£; She is close on sixty. o It
is close on
ation in which sb only just
wins or loses, for example in a competition or an election (
Jft,
#Ki?6/h(KjJM close
’to |
close 'up in a position very
near to sth ft^gifi^h; ^gifiJft: The picture looks
very different when you see it close to. i&ilglifeEft — 0 close
up to sb/sth very near in space to
sb/sth ( ft$|Bj± ) She snuggled close up to
him. come close (to sth/to doing
sth) to
almost reach or do sth ; H^F^: He’d
come close to death. Mjl0
0 VVe didn’t
win but we came close. HMf] H T, jMiMRH 7SPft — /Js/SJLo
run sb/sth 'dose (BrE) to be nearly as good,
fast, successful, etc. as sb/sth else Xj ••• ^Fffi ± ft ; nj H ■ ■ ■ M H : Germany ran Argentina very close in the
final. ft'&&*,
—
more at card n., mark n., sail v.
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noun 1 (Br£) (especially in street names 1^^)
a street that is closed
at one end — ; ft
®
ffl
; ft # it: Brookside Close ft # % M fa # 2 the
grounds and buildings that
surround and belong to a
CATHEDRAL MMMm%J&&&%>%)
dose-cropped /.klaus 'kmpt; NAmE .klous 'kraipt/ adj. (of hair, grass, etc.
^ % , ft Xf) cut very short M % fg
closed O^r /kleuzd; NAmEklouzd/ adj.
1
[not before noun] shut ^ |*3 ; if
1*3 : Keep the door
closed, BE0 2 [not before noun] shut, especially
of a shop/store or
public building that is not open for a period of time ftft
Mt:
The museum is closed on Mondays.
—1*1
tto O This road is closed
to traffic. M
ft 0 3 not
willing to accept outside influences or new ideas m%fa; a
closed
society |*]^ g 0
He has a
closed mind,
it ft 10 o 4 [usually before noun] limited to a
particular group of people; not open to everyone K Pg ft1 ^ ® A W;
jX>J^ffcA&?J; a closed member-
shiP ^ A A Wi A ^ J® & ft E33 open o note at close1
iRTJI behind closed doors
without
the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private a closed 'book (to
sb) a subject or person that
you know nothing about
A r«JA
.closed-'captioned
adj. (NAmE) (of a TV programme @) having captions that can only be read if you
have a special machine (= a decoder)
|*1]i&ftftEft ( ffl
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
close-down /'kleuz daun; NAmE 'klouz/ noun [U, sing.] the stopping of work,
especially permanently, in an office, a factory, etc. ( Xfe7%\fa ) ft] 1*1