close up

1. PHRASAL VERB (通常因离开)关上，关闭
   If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
   1. Just close up the shop...
      把店关了就好了。
   2. The summer house had been closed up all year.
      这座消夏别墅关了整整一年。
2. PHRASAL VERB-ERG (开口、裂缝等)闭合；使合上
   If an opening, gap, or something hollow closes up, or if you close it up, it becomes closed or covered.
   1. Don't use cold water as it shocks the blood vessels into closing up.
      不要用冷水，那样会刺激血管闭合。

1. They always look smaller close up.
   凑近看时，它们总是显得小一些。
2. Just close up the shop
   把店关了就好了。
3. The summer house had been closed up all year.
   这座消夏别墅关了整整一年。
4. Don't use cold water as it shocks the blood vessels into closing up.
   不要用冷水，那样会刺激血管闭合。
5. Close up. Don't straggle along.
   跟上队伍，不要哩哩啦啦的。
6. The wound in his arm has begun to close up.
   他肩膀上的伤口开始收口了。
7. Close up!
   快跟上！
8. The sergeant told the men to close up.
   中士叫士兵们靠拢。
9. These flowers close up at night.
   一到晚上这些花都要合拢。
10. The captain ordered his men to close up.
    上尉命令士兵靠拢。
11. Children have to learn to close up their letters when writing.
    孩子们必须学会把字母写得紧凑。
12. This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.
    这种中草药膏会帮助你的伤口很快愈合。
13. The marching men had to close up to let the oncoming convoy go past.
    前进的士兵不得不收缩队伍礼让迎面而来的车队驶过。
14. Close up your eyes, and draw the curtains close.
    合上双眼，拉上窗帘。
15. How about staying around and helping me close up shop?
    围绕如何保持和帮助我关门大吉了？
16. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the cafe.
    我每天晚上都很不愿意打烊，因为可能有人要上餐馆。
17. Well, it came close up to me and looked straight into my eyes.
    唉，它向我逼近了，还一直盯着我眼睛看。
18. I hope it's not too late. I didn't know what time you close up there.
    我希望还不是太晚。我不知道您那儿何时下班。
19. The shoes looked really cheap when I saw them close up.
    我靠近仔细看时觉得鞋子真的很便宜。
20. While they continue quarrelling, cut to Jack in close up.
    在他们继续争吵时，把囤面转为杰克的特写镜头。
21. Close up the unwanted neck dart and waist dart.
    收拢不需要的领省和腰省。
22. This hole will close up in the night, and you'll be in it to keep Howard company.
    今天晚上，雪崩会埋上这个坑，你就可以和霍华德作伴了。
23. She's just about to close up the library!
    她快要关图书馆了！
24. If you are farsighted, you have trouble seeing things close up.
    如果您是有远见的，你无法看到的东西近摄。
25. No they'll probably close up shop.
    没有，他们可能会不来了。
26. It was the first time I saw them like that, close up.
    这是我第一次如此近距离看到他们。
27. At a certain age some people's mind close up; they live on their intellectual fat.
    到了某一个年龄，有些人的精神就会封闭起来，他们全靠积蓄下来的知识脂肪活下去。
28. Used when you want to loop that will not slip or close up.
    用于当你想要一个不会滑落或打不开的环孔时。
29. Can't we close up the opening with something?
    我们难道不能用什么东西把这个洞口塞住吗？

verb

1. refuse to talk or stop talking
   1. The children shut up when their father approached

   Synonym:    clam updummy upshut upbelt upbutton upbe quietkeep mum

2. unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
   1. close the circuit
   2. close a wound
   3. close a book
   4. close up an umbrella

   Synonym:    close

3. block passage through
   1. obstruct the path

   Synonym:    obstructobturateimpedeoccludejamblock

4. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
   1. The owners decided to move and to close the factory
   2. My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
   3. close up the shop

   Synonym:    closefoldshut downclose down

adv

1. very close
   1. without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
   2. even firing at close range he missed

   Synonym:    at close range