closer

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈkləʊ.sə/    /ˈkloʊ.sɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that closes.
    — In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer.
  2. Someone or something that concludes.
    — The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
  3. Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”).
  4. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
    — The longitudinal bond of the walls is only 24 inches, or one fourth of the length of a brick of 9 inches, and is obtained by introducing closers 24 inches broad
  5. A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
    — They brought their closer in for the ninth.
  6. A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of close: more close comparative,form-of
    — In the spring of 1938 the Japanese imperialists invaded Yü-tz'u and T'ai-ku in Shansi. Everyone was in panic as the flames of war came closer and closer to Hsiang-yüan hsien.
副词 adv.
  1. Within a shorter distance. not-comparable
    — Come closer, my dear.

词形变化

closers plural

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) + -er.
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