0 to (cause something to) change from being open to not being open -- （使）關，合，關閉
1 to (cause something to) end -- （使）結束，（使）停止
We closed a deal with a major supermarket. 我們與一家大超市做成了一筆交易。
I closed that bank account when I came to London. 我一到倫敦就把那個銀行帳戶取消了。
The pound closed at (= was worth) $1.47 at the end of the day's trading. 英鎊在一天交易結束時收盤價為1.47美元。
The play closed with the tragic death of both hero and heroine. 這部戲以男女主角的慘死告終。
2 the end of something, or the time when you end it -- 末尾，結尾；結束，結局
3 a road, usually with private houses, that vehicles can only enter from one end -- （通常通向私人住宅的）街道，死巷，死胡同
He lives at 83 Barker Close. 他住在巴克巷83號。
4 having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, and sympathy -- 近親的；密切的；團結的
My brother and I have become much closer over the years. 這些年，哥哥和我的關係親密多了。
Her relationship isn't good with her father, but she's very close to her mother. 她和父親的關係不好，可是和母親的關係非常親近。
Mira is one of my closest friends. 米拉是我的一位密友。
a close community 鄰里關係密切的社區
In those early months, there's a very close bond between mother and child. 在嬰兒出生後的頭幾個月，母嬰之間有一種非常親密的紐帶關係。
They're a worrying political party because of their close links/ties with terrorist groups. 這個政黨令人擔憂，因為他們與恐怖組織有密切聯繫。
There weren't many people at the funeral - just close family/relatives. 葬禮上沒有多少人——只有一些至親。
5 looking at or listening to someone or something very carefully -- 細緻的，仔細的
Take a closer look at this photograph. 更仔細地看看這張照片。
Police are paying close attention to the situation. 警察密切關注著局勢。
This current cannot continue through the neighbouring poorly conducting parts of the wall, and therefore must close through the liquid, thereby forming the vortex.
The meaning of tables and figures and the argument in general demand close attention to the text, whose style tends to the abstract and convoluted.
Table 1) that determines how close two molecules or surfaces can get.
On closer viewing, the individual boards and the grain of the timber are revealed as traces of construction.
This partially explains the organization of domestic architectural spaces that are close to each other and contain a multifunctional space surrounding a courtyard.
Cases with ventricular septal defect which closed spontaneously have been removed from the analysis.
However, their closest collaborators remained and have acted as surrogate aristocrats.
The maximum position of the bremsstrahlung radiation cross-section gets closer to the target ion with increasing nonideal-plasma parameter.
