closer
英 ['kləʊzə]
美 ['kloʊzə]
adv. 接近; 靠近; 紧挨着; 不远地
adj. (在空间、时间上)接近; 几乎(处于某种状态); 可能(快要做某事); 亲密的; 密切的
close的比较级
复数:closers
BNC.2939 / COCA.3005
英英释义
noun
- (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
- a person who closes something
- whoever is the closer has to turn out the lights and lock up
adv
- (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance
- come closer, my dear!
- they drew nearer
- getting nearer to the true explanation
双语例句
- I'm still no closer to deciphering the code.
我还是无法破译该密码。 - His wife remains behind in Germany, but Jason, his 18-year-old son, is closer at hand.
他的妻子还留在德国,但他18岁的儿子贾森就在身边。 - He discovered, on closer inspection, that the rocks contained gold
经过更为仔细的探察,他发现这些岩石含金。 - She wrapped her shawl closer about her.
她把围巾围得紧一些。 - Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer.
德弗罗命令士兵等船靠近了再开火。 - The political endgame is getting closer.
政治活动正在临近尾声。 - He is moving ever closer to drawing his pension.
他就要领取养老金了。 - Folk psychology comes closer to the obvious truth than the most sophisticated theories.
比起最复杂的理论,大众心理学更接近那些显而易见的事实。 - There is no suggestion whatsoever that the two sides are any closer to agreeing
没有任何迹象表明双方将会达成一致。 - He was raised in a matriarchal family and was always closer to his mother than his father.
他从小生长在一个由女性掌权的家庭,比起和父亲的关系来,他总是跟母亲更亲。