Definition of closed in English:

closed

adjective kləʊzdkloʊzd

1Not open.
关闭的，闭合的
rooms with closed doors lined the hallway
沿着走廊是几间关着房门的房间。
he sat with his eyes closed
他闭目坐着。
Example sentencesExamples
- If the idea here is to create a closed acoustic space, then it's a fait accompli.
- Even from behind my closed door, I could hear the three adults talking about me.
- He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end.
- Policemen stood guard behind the closed doors and no one else was allowed to enter the building.
- Letting out a sigh, Jenny went back over to the closed door and slowly opened it.
- Glancing around, she opened the closed door and stared at the chest of drawers in front of her.
- The doors were closed last night so we just sat at the fountain outside, talking for about half an hour before heading back to the hotel.
- They tiptoed along the wooden corridor past the closed door of the baby's room.
- Eve lay down and closed her eyes, but behind her closed lids, her mind was a flurry of activity.
- Kamat pushes open a closed door from her past and a memory slips out.
- I sat outside the office and suddenly I heard my mother crying behind the closed office door.
- The musician works alone behind the closed door and within formidable soundproof walls.
- His eyes must have been closed, I concluded, as there was no beam of blue light for guidance.
- Allison pried open the closed elevator doors with a tool, and squeezed inside.
- Jane looked up from her book, checked her watch, and looked at the closed door.
- Not hearing any, I open the door and move out into the hall and over to my parents' closed bedroom door.
- I walked into my house and leaned up against the closed door shaking my head.
- She leaned against the closed door and took three deep breaths before she too got ready for the big showdown.
- He paused, examining the closed sliding doors as if he could see our servants huddled behind them.
- She remained on the bed, eyes tightly closed, awful ideas swimming around her head.
Synonyms
watertight, waterproof, damp-proof, water-resistant, water-repellent, airtight, tight, sealed, hermetically sealed
1. 1.1 (of a society or system) not communicating with or influenced by others.
  （社会，体制）对外封闭的，闭关自守的
  the perception of the Soviet Union as a closed society had changed
  Example sentencesExamples
  Moreover, they saw it as a closed system governed by its own elaborate rules, which it was the task of the structuralist to lay bare.
  Often lauded as the bastion of freewheeling capitalism, the city has a surprisingly closed economy.
  The blood circulation is a closed system in which the pressure varies constantly.
  If you take the whole Solar System and treat it as a closed system, the entropy does increase, just as the laws of thermodynamics require.
  The Institute was a closed society of the rich, famous and powerful.
  Whether the universe may be represented as a closed system is undecided.
  But those countries with closed economies can grow until they can afford to pay their officials well.
  In nature a closed system stays healthy as long as it stays balanced, which means stabilized.
  Businesses which have closed circuit TV in the area have been asked not to wipe their tapes and to contact police.
  The empire was maintained by a strong navy and trade restrictions that kept the empire a closed economic system.
  Because it is a closed system, you do not get to see this blood rushing around - until we open up an artery or a vein.
  The terrorists seek a closed society of fear and conformity.
  This state of denial is facilitated by conspiracy theories, so common in closed societies.
  They are a closed circle and are closely associated in their business networks.
  It's tough being an entrepreneur in a closed economic society.
  He argued that the earth resembled a closed system, which used up its finite stocks of useful energy in an irreversible way.
  Where countries are still based on closed societies and forms of tribalism, this is more difficult.
  In that kind of closed society, if you leave town, it's like you fall off the edge of the Earth.
  A closed system is one that receives no energy from outside the system itself.
  What is an open society and what is a closed society depends on where one is located in it.
  The second principle of relationship advice is that a relationship cannot be a closed system of two.
  It's almost impossible to gauge what they're doing because it is a closed society.
2. 1.2 Limited to certain people; not open or available to all.
  限于某些人的；不是对所有人都开放的，并非人人可得的
  the UN Security Council met in closed session
  联合国安全理事会召开内部会议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is not surprising because the world's elite closed tournaments are just that: closed.
  The resolution indicated Council was reconvening in a closed session to discuss a legal matter.
  We should not strive for a state where we censor our business contacts and limit them only to a closed clique.
  Upon arriving at the door we were individually told that this was always a closed meeting and not open to the public.
  Both sides had insisted that the transcript of the closed session be published.
  While the Scheme is a closed scheme no new members may be admitted and the contributions of the Employers will cease.
  After Stella's performance, the judges held a closed discussion for what seemed like eons.
  The special committee is set to announce the results of its investigation in a closed plenary session Monday.
  Councillors were last night in closed session considering quotes from different firms for the general repair work.
  Bids of up to £25,000 were discussed at a closed district council meeting last night.
  However, she has agreed to appear before the commission on a second occasion, albeit in closed session.
  All discussions remain closed to the public and remarks made by speakers are off-the-record.
  A report released this week showed that 60 percent of schemes linked to earnings are now closed to workers joining a firm.
  Then it was off to a closed meeting between members of the mayoral committee and local councillors.
  Synonyms
  select, chic, high-class, elite, fashionable, stylish, elegant, choice, special, premier, grade a
3. 1.3 Unwilling to accept new ideas.
  保守的，守旧的
  you're facing the situation with a closed mind
  你在以保守态度面对形势。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It means being unwilling to reconsider ideas and being closed to hearing other points of view.
  And the opposite of faith is not so much doubt as fear, or the rocklike certainty of the closed mind.
  And that's the beauty of using music as a Trojan Horse into closed minds.
  Do not go into business with a closed mind and so much pride that you will not admit you were wrong.
  Darren sees all this carefully orchestrated chaos and confusion as a way to unlock closed minds.
  JHis behaviour highlights the dangers of combining a big mouth with a closed mind.
  This is a surprisingly large category of knowledge, and it is evidence of an active mind not a closed one.
  This isn't to say that secular liberals aren't also sometimes afflicted by prejudice or guilty of a closed mind.
  There is no point in attempting to convert someone whose mind is closed.
  They truly must steer clear of people who are closed and unresponsive.
  In the background he heard Laura yelling something but his mind was closed to everything.
  She then went on to consider the separate case that the district council had approached the decision with a closed mind.
  In the end, nothing is more damaging to any form of diversity than a closed mind.
  It is hard to be anything other than pessimistic when confronted by so many closed minds in the educational establishment.
  Our minds are certainly not closed to further discussion on this crucial issue.
  Synonyms
  unaffected by, untouched by, immune to, invulnerable to, insusceptible to, not susceptible to, proof against, unreceptive to, closed to, resistant to, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, oblivious to, unmoved by, deaf to
2(of a business) having ceased trading, especially for a short period.
（商家）（尤指短时间）歇业的
he put the ‘Closed’ sign up on the door
他把标着“停止营业”字样的牌子挂在门上。
Example sentencesExamples
- The squash courts will be closed for a week from March 29 and re-open on April 5.
- Meanwhile, the sauna remains closed as investigations continue into how the fire broke out.
- Why is it that these schools are closed four months a year?
- How the plane ended up on a closed runway is still under investigation.
- The restaurant at the centre of the outbreak remains closed and investigations into its cause are continuing.
- Hundreds of former workers at the now closed carpet factory could be at risk from exposure to the killer dust.
- The company is closed for the Christmas break, and no-one was available for comment.
- When we arrived at our campsite of choice it was closed due to flooding.
- He declined to discuss target figures for sign-ups to the service because the company is currently in a closed period.
- Up and down Brandon Boulevard on Sunday afternoon were nothing but closed businesses.
- Apparently they stay at an old broken-down house near the closed factory.
- All four of the closed schools are of quality brick construction and in excellent condition.
- On previous visits I have found this venue to be closed despite the indication that food was available all day.
- Elderly people were bemused at the temporary closed sign as they turned up to collect their pension money only to find the shop shut.
- I dropped by the office and they were putting up a closed sign and laughing.
- A closed sign was put up in the front door of the bakery and detectives spoke to staff.
- Access to many websites was stopped by a screen message saying ‘site closed due to strike action’.
- They want the closed factory reopened and the payment of salaries pending for the last 18 months.
- The Fitness Zone gym will move to one of the two squash courts but the sauna will be closed during renovations.
- The cartoon associated with this article depicts a poster in a London Underground advertising board showing a closed pub in the rain.
3Mathematics
(of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set.
〔数〕（集合）封闭的
Example sentencesExamples
- He proved that every field has an algebraically closed extension field, perhaps his most important single theorem.
- What I'm thinking of is a closed, known set of items and these can take many forms.
1. 3.1 (of a set) containing all its limit points.
  〔数〕（集合）包含所有极限值的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Every uncountable closed set can be partitioned into a perfect set and a countable set.
  He also defined closed subsets of the real line as subsets containing their first derived set.
2. 3.2Geometry (of a curve or figure) formed from a single unbroken line.
  〔几何〕（曲线，图形）闭合的
  Example sentencesExamples
  A formula for the line integral of the geodesic curvature along a closed curve is known as the Gauss Bonnet theorem.
  It had been shown that if you take the sphere as basic, any other closed smooth surface can be obtained from it by manipulation.
  From a mathematical viewpoint, the seam can be thought of as a simple closed curve on the surface of a sphere.
  The function prompts you to select a closed object such as a circle or a polyline.
  The time line dips back into the past and could form a closed curve in spacetime.
  Finally the fifth case consists of two symmetrically positioned closed curves.
  A closed surface means a two-dimensional shape that has no boundary.

Phrases

behind closed doors

Taking place secretly or without public knowledge.
秘密地；暗中地
the legislature allows its business to be completed behind closed doors
Example sentencesExamples
- The club closed two weeks ago and negotiations had been taking place behind closed doors as to its future.
- Neither do they welcome publicity for their initiation ceremonies, conducted behind closed doors.
- There is no public oversight of the council and its meetings are held behind closed doors.
- The committee made the decision behind closed doors - its meetings are not open to press or public.
- He also gave expert evidence in many child protection cases which are held behind closed doors with no public scrutiny.
- Mystery surrounds what was going on behind the closed doors of yesterday's board meeting.
- It appears that the two have talked behind closed doors and struck a deal.
- I certainly don't want to add my voice to a bitter argument that has raged for months behind closed doors.
- However, authorities refuse to comment on what is really happening behind closed doors.
- Our view is that those who run the media should run it in public, and not behind closed doors.
Synonyms
covertly, without anyone knowing, in secret, in private, privately, in confidence, confidentially, behind closed doors, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, under cover, under the counter, discreetly, unobserved, quietly, furtively, stealthily, on the sly, on the quiet, privily, conspiratorially, clandestinely, on the side

closed book

A subject or person about which one knows nothing.
完全理解不了的科目；完全理解不了的人
accounting has always been a closed book to me
会计学对我来说一直是一门完全理解不了的科目。
Example sentencesExamples
- But when it comes to his emotional life, this period is a closed book.
- I don't like it, and though I don't consider myself a public person, there is no aspect of my life that is a closed book.
- Hunting, shooting and fishing were a closed book to him along with horse-racing, cricket and sport of any kind, but he would play an occasional game of billiards.
- Publicly men of the left, their private lives were something of a closed book, entry to which was rarely granted.
- The political parties are closed books as far as the majority is concerned.
- Deadly to explorers, inhospitable to even the mightiest ships and scientific techniques, the vast Southern Ocean has been a closed book to oceanographers until recently.
- She explained: ‘I still think to this day that there is more to it than what came out but you are dealing with the army and it is a closed book.’
- Just how unscrupulous few will ever know, since the murky world of politics is a closed book to most outside observers.
- But the whole sweep of history is to her as a closed book.
- Parker remained a closed book to me for some time.
Synonyms
puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book

Definition of closed in US English:

closed

adjectiveklōzdkloʊzd

1Not open.
关闭的，闭合的
rooms with closed doors lined the hallway
沿着走廊是几间关着房门的房间。
he sat with his eyes closed
他闭目坐着。
Example sentencesExamples
- Even from behind my closed door, I could hear the three adults talking about me.
- If the idea here is to create a closed acoustic space, then it's a fait accompli.
- I walked into my house and leaned up against the closed door shaking my head.
- Policemen stood guard behind the closed doors and no one else was allowed to enter the building.
- Jane looked up from her book, checked her watch, and looked at the closed door.
- His eyes must have been closed, I concluded, as there was no beam of blue light for guidance.
- Allison pried open the closed elevator doors with a tool, and squeezed inside.
- They tiptoed along the wooden corridor past the closed door of the baby's room.
- The musician works alone behind the closed door and within formidable soundproof walls.
- I sat outside the office and suddenly I heard my mother crying behind the closed office door.
- She leaned against the closed door and took three deep breaths before she too got ready for the big showdown.
- He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end.
- Kamat pushes open a closed door from her past and a memory slips out.
- She remained on the bed, eyes tightly closed, awful ideas swimming around her head.
- He paused, examining the closed sliding doors as if he could see our servants huddled behind them.
- The doors were closed last night so we just sat at the fountain outside, talking for about half an hour before heading back to the hotel.
- Not hearing any, I open the door and move out into the hall and over to my parents' closed bedroom door.
- Letting out a sigh, Jenny went back over to the closed door and slowly opened it.
- Eve lay down and closed her eyes, but behind her closed lids, her mind was a flurry of activity.
- Glancing around, she opened the closed door and stared at the chest of drawers in front of her.
Synonyms
watertight, waterproof, damp-proof, water-resistant, water-repellent, airtight, tight, sealed, hermetically sealed
1. 1.1 (of a business) having ceased trading, especially for a short period.
  （商家）（尤指短时间）歇业的
  he put the “Closed” sign up on the door
  他把标着“停止营业”字样的牌子挂在门上。
  Example sentencesExamples
  All four of the closed schools are of quality brick construction and in excellent condition.
  They want the closed factory reopened and the payment of salaries pending for the last 18 months.
  A closed sign was put up in the front door of the bakery and detectives spoke to staff.
  On previous visits I have found this venue to be closed despite the indication that food was available all day.
  Meanwhile, the sauna remains closed as investigations continue into how the fire broke out.
  The squash courts will be closed for a week from March 29 and re-open on April 5.
  The cartoon associated with this article depicts a poster in a London Underground advertising board showing a closed pub in the rain.
  The restaurant at the centre of the outbreak remains closed and investigations into its cause are continuing.
  Elderly people were bemused at the temporary closed sign as they turned up to collect their pension money only to find the shop shut.
  When we arrived at our campsite of choice it was closed due to flooding.
  How the plane ended up on a closed runway is still under investigation.
  Why is it that these schools are closed four months a year?
  Hundreds of former workers at the now closed carpet factory could be at risk from exposure to the killer dust.
  The Fitness Zone gym will move to one of the two squash courts but the sauna will be closed during renovations.
  Access to many websites was stopped by a screen message saying ‘site closed due to strike action’.
  He declined to discuss target figures for sign-ups to the service because the company is currently in a closed period.
  I dropped by the office and they were putting up a closed sign and laughing.
  The company is closed for the Christmas break, and no-one was available for comment.
  Up and down Brandon Boulevard on Sunday afternoon were nothing but closed businesses.
  Apparently they stay at an old broken-down house near the closed factory.
2. 1.2 (of a society or system) not communicating with or influenced by others; independent.
  （社会，体制）对外封闭的，闭关自守的
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's almost impossible to gauge what they're doing because it is a closed society.
  This state of denial is facilitated by conspiracy theories, so common in closed societies.
  Moreover, they saw it as a closed system governed by its own elaborate rules, which it was the task of the structuralist to lay bare.
  Whether the universe may be represented as a closed system is undecided.
  The blood circulation is a closed system in which the pressure varies constantly.
  Where countries are still based on closed societies and forms of tribalism, this is more difficult.
  Businesses which have closed circuit TV in the area have been asked not to wipe their tapes and to contact police.
  In that kind of closed society, if you leave town, it's like you fall off the edge of the Earth.
  Often lauded as the bastion of freewheeling capitalism, the city has a surprisingly closed economy.
  The second principle of relationship advice is that a relationship cannot be a closed system of two.
  The empire was maintained by a strong navy and trade restrictions that kept the empire a closed economic system.
  A closed system is one that receives no energy from outside the system itself.
  It's tough being an entrepreneur in a closed economic society.
  If you take the whole Solar System and treat it as a closed system, the entropy does increase, just as the laws of thermodynamics require.
  They are a closed circle and are closely associated in their business networks.
  What is an open society and what is a closed society depends on where one is located in it.
  Because it is a closed system, you do not get to see this blood rushing around - until we open up an artery or a vein.
  He argued that the earth resembled a closed system, which used up its finite stocks of useful energy in an irreversible way.
  The Institute was a closed society of the rich, famous and powerful.
  The terrorists seek a closed society of fear and conformity.
  But those countries with closed economies can grow until they can afford to pay their officials well.
  In nature a closed system stays healthy as long as it stays balanced, which means stabilized.
3. 1.3 Limited to certain people; not open or available to all.
  限于某些人的；不是对所有人都开放的，并非人人可得的
  the UN Security Council met in closed session
  联合国安全理事会召开内部会议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bids of up to £25,000 were discussed at a closed district council meeting last night.
  A report released this week showed that 60 percent of schemes linked to earnings are now closed to workers joining a firm.
  This is not surprising because the world's elite closed tournaments are just that: closed.
  However, she has agreed to appear before the commission on a second occasion, albeit in closed session.
  Councillors were last night in closed session considering quotes from different firms for the general repair work.
  We should not strive for a state where we censor our business contacts and limit them only to a closed clique.
  Both sides had insisted that the transcript of the closed session be published.
  The special committee is set to announce the results of its investigation in a closed plenary session Monday.
  While the Scheme is a closed scheme no new members may be admitted and the contributions of the Employers will cease.
  After Stella's performance, the judges held a closed discussion for what seemed like eons.
  Upon arriving at the door we were individually told that this was always a closed meeting and not open to the public.
  All discussions remain closed to the public and remarks made by speakers are off-the-record.
  Then it was off to a closed meeting between members of the mayoral committee and local councillors.
  The resolution indicated Council was reconvening in a closed session to discuss a legal matter.
  Synonyms
  select, chic, high-class, elite, fashionable, stylish, elegant, choice, special, premier, grade a
4. 1.4 Unwilling to accept new ideas.
  保守的，守旧的
  you're facing the situation with a closed mind
  你在以保守态度面对形势。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It means being unwilling to reconsider ideas and being closed to hearing other points of view.
  In the background he heard Laura yelling something but his mind was closed to everything.
  And that's the beauty of using music as a Trojan Horse into closed minds.
  Do not go into business with a closed mind and so much pride that you will not admit you were wrong.
  It is hard to be anything other than pessimistic when confronted by so many closed minds in the educational establishment.
  And the opposite of faith is not so much doubt as fear, or the rocklike certainty of the closed mind.
  They truly must steer clear of people who are closed and unresponsive.
  There is no point in attempting to convert someone whose mind is closed.
  Our minds are certainly not closed to further discussion on this crucial issue.
  She then went on to consider the separate case that the district council had approached the decision with a closed mind.
  This is a surprisingly large category of knowledge, and it is evidence of an active mind not a closed one.
  This isn't to say that secular liberals aren't also sometimes afflicted by prejudice or guilty of a closed mind.
  JHis behaviour highlights the dangers of combining a big mouth with a closed mind.
  Darren sees all this carefully orchestrated chaos and confusion as a way to unlock closed minds.
  In the end, nothing is more damaging to any form of diversity than a closed mind.
  Synonyms
  unaffected by, untouched by, immune to, invulnerable to, insusceptible to, not susceptible to, proof against, unreceptive to, closed to, resistant to, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, oblivious to, unmoved by, deaf to
5. 1.5Mathematics (of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set.
  〔数〕（集合）封闭的
  Example sentencesExamples
  What I'm thinking of is a closed, known set of items and these can take many forms.
  He proved that every field has an algebraically closed extension field, perhaps his most important single theorem.
6. 1.6Mathematics (of a set) containing all its limit points.
  〔数〕（集合）包含所有极限值的
  Example sentencesExamples
  He also defined closed subsets of the real line as subsets containing their first derived set.
  Every uncountable closed set can be partitioned into a perfect set and a countable set.
7. 1.7Geometry Of or pertaining to a curve whose ends are joined.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is going off on a journey through space, in a closed loop, and arriving back at your starting point before you leave.
  A vortex may either end at the boundary of the fluid or may form a closed loop with itself to form a vortex ring.
  More often than not, he would draw the line in one continuous motion to create a closed loop.
  But in both cases, if you run round the track you get back to where you started from - you follow a closed loop.
  The simplest definition of shape is a closed contour, an element defined by its perimeter.
  Any model of a single closed state is therefore inadequate to represent them.

Phrases

behind closed doors

Taking place secretly or without public knowledge.
秘密地；暗中地
Example sentencesExamples
- However, authorities refuse to comment on what is really happening behind closed doors.
- The club closed two weeks ago and negotiations had been taking place behind closed doors as to its future.
- Neither do they welcome publicity for their initiation ceremonies, conducted behind closed doors.
- The committee made the decision behind closed doors - its meetings are not open to press or public.
- There is no public oversight of the council and its meetings are held behind closed doors.
- He also gave expert evidence in many child protection cases which are held behind closed doors with no public scrutiny.
- Our view is that those who run the media should run it in public, and not behind closed doors.
- I certainly don't want to add my voice to a bitter argument that has raged for months behind closed doors.
- It appears that the two have talked behind closed doors and struck a deal.
- Mystery surrounds what was going on behind the closed doors of yesterday's board meeting.
Synonyms
covertly, without anyone knowing, in secret, in private, privately, in confidence, confidentially, behind closed doors, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, under cover, under the counter, discreetly, unobserved, quietly, furtively, stealthily, on the sly, on the quiet, privily, conspiratorially, clandestinely, on the side

closed book

A subject or person about which one knows nothing.
完全理解不了的科目；完全理解不了的人
accounting has always been a closed book to me
会计学对我来说一直是一门完全理解不了的科目。
Example sentencesExamples
- The political parties are closed books as far as the majority is concerned.
- She explained: ‘I still think to this day that there is more to it than what came out but you are dealing with the army and it is a closed book.’
- But the whole sweep of history is to her as a closed book.
- I don't like it, and though I don't consider myself a public person, there is no aspect of my life that is a closed book.
- Publicly men of the left, their private lives were something of a closed book, entry to which was rarely granted.
- But when it comes to his emotional life, this period is a closed book.
- Just how unscrupulous few will ever know, since the murky world of politics is a closed book to most outside observers.
- Hunting, shooting and fishing were a closed book to him along with horse-racing, cricket and sport of any kind, but he would play an occasional game of billiards.
- Parker remained a closed book to me for some time.
- Deadly to explorers, inhospitable to even the mightiest ships and scientific techniques, the vast Southern Ocean has been a closed book to oceanographers until recently.
Synonyms
puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book

单词	closed
释义	Definition of closed in English: closed adjective kləʊzdkloʊzd 1Not open. 关闭的，闭合的 rooms with closed doors lined the hallway 沿着走廊是几间关着房门的房间。 he sat with his eyes closed 他闭目坐着。 Example sentencesExamples If the idea here is to create a closed acoustic space, then it's a fait accompli. Even from behind my closed door, I could hear the three adults talking about me. He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end. Policemen stood guard behind the closed doors and no one else was allowed to enter the building. Letting out a sigh, Jenny went back over to the closed door and slowly opened it. Glancing around, she opened the closed door and stared at the chest of drawers in front of her. The doors were closed last night so we just sat at the fountain outside, talking for about half an hour before heading back to the hotel. They tiptoed along the wooden corridor past the closed door of the baby's room. Eve lay down and closed her eyes, but behind her closed lids, her mind was a flurry of activity. Kamat pushes open a closed door from her past and a memory slips out. I sat outside the office and suddenly I heard my mother crying behind the closed office door. The musician works alone behind the closed door and within formidable soundproof walls. His eyes must have been closed, I concluded, as there was no beam of blue light for guidance. Allison pried open the closed elevator doors with a tool, and squeezed inside. Jane looked up from her book, checked her watch, and looked at the closed door. Not hearing any, I open the door and move out into the hall and over to my parents' closed bedroom door. I walked into my house and leaned up against the closed door shaking my head. She leaned against the closed door and took three deep breaths before she too got ready for the big showdown. He paused, examining the closed sliding doors as if he could see our servants huddled behind them. She remained on the bed, eyes tightly closed, awful ideas swimming around her head. Synonyms watertight, waterproof, damp-proof, water-resistant, water-repellent, airtight, tight, sealed, hermetically sealed 1.1 (of a society or system) not communicating with or influenced by others. （社会，体制）对外封闭的，闭关自守的 the perception of the Soviet Union as a closed society had changed Example sentencesExamples Moreover, they saw it as a closed system governed by its own elaborate rules, which it was the task of the structuralist to lay bare. Often lauded as the bastion of freewheeling capitalism, the city has a surprisingly closed economy. The blood circulation is a closed system in which the pressure varies constantly. If you take the whole Solar System and treat it as a closed system, the entropy does increase, just as the laws of thermodynamics require. The Institute was a closed society of the rich, famous and powerful. Whether the universe may be represented as a closed system is undecided. But those countries with closed economies can grow until they can afford to pay their officials well. In nature a closed system stays healthy as long as it stays balanced, which means stabilized. Businesses which have closed circuit TV in the area have been asked not to wipe their tapes and to contact police. The empire was maintained by a strong navy and trade restrictions that kept the empire a closed economic system. Because it is a closed system, you do not get to see this blood rushing around - until we open up an artery or a vein. The terrorists seek a closed society of fear and conformity. This state of denial is facilitated by conspiracy theories, so common in closed societies. They are a closed circle and are closely associated in their business networks. It's tough being an entrepreneur in a closed economic society. He argued that the earth resembled a closed system, which used up its finite stocks of useful energy in an irreversible way. Where countries are still based on closed societies and forms of tribalism, this is more difficult. In that kind of closed society, if you leave town, it's like you fall off the edge of the Earth. A closed system is one that receives no energy from outside the system itself. What is an open society and what is a closed society depends on where one is located in it. The second principle of relationship advice is that a relationship cannot be a closed system of two. It's almost impossible to gauge what they're doing because it is a closed society. 1.2 Limited to certain people; not open or available to all. 限于某些人的；不是对所有人都开放的，并非人人可得的 the UN Security Council met in closed session 联合国安全理事会召开内部会议。 Example sentencesExamples This is not surprising because the world's elite closed tournaments are just that: closed. The resolution indicated Council was reconvening in a closed session to discuss a legal matter. We should not strive for a state where we censor our business contacts and limit them only to a closed clique. Upon arriving at the door we were individually told that this was always a closed meeting and not open to the public. Both sides had insisted that the transcript of the closed session be published. While the Scheme is a closed scheme no new members may be admitted and the contributions of the Employers will cease. After Stella's performance, the judges held a closed discussion for what seemed like eons. The special committee is set to announce the results of its investigation in a closed plenary session Monday. Councillors were last night in closed session considering quotes from different firms for the general repair work. Bids of up to £25,000 were discussed at a closed district council meeting last night. However, she has agreed to appear before the commission on a second occasion, albeit in closed session. All discussions remain closed to the public and remarks made by speakers are off-the-record. A report released this week showed that 60 percent of schemes linked to earnings are now closed to workers joining a firm. Then it was off to a closed meeting between members of the mayoral committee and local councillors. Synonyms select, chic, high-class, elite, fashionable, stylish, elegant, choice, special, premier, grade a 1.3 Unwilling to accept new ideas. 保守的，守旧的 you're facing the situation with a closed mind 你在以保守态度面对形势。 Example sentencesExamples It means being unwilling to reconsider ideas and being closed to hearing other points of view. And the opposite of faith is not so much doubt as fear, or the rocklike certainty of the closed mind. And that's the beauty of using music as a Trojan Horse into closed minds. Do not go into business with a closed mind and so much pride that you will not admit you were wrong. Darren sees all this carefully orchestrated chaos and confusion as a way to unlock closed minds. JHis behaviour highlights the dangers of combining a big mouth with a closed mind. This is a surprisingly large category of knowledge, and it is evidence of an active mind not a closed one. This isn't to say that secular liberals aren't also sometimes afflicted by prejudice or guilty of a closed mind. There is no point in attempting to convert someone whose mind is closed. They truly must steer clear of people who are closed and unresponsive. In the background he heard Laura yelling something but his mind was closed to everything. She then went on to consider the separate case that the district council had approached the decision with a closed mind. In the end, nothing is more damaging to any form of diversity than a closed mind. It is hard to be anything other than pessimistic when confronted by so many closed minds in the educational establishment. Our minds are certainly not closed to further discussion on this crucial issue. Synonyms unaffected by, untouched by, immune to, invulnerable to, insusceptible to, not susceptible to, proof against, unreceptive to, closed to, resistant to, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, oblivious to, unmoved by, deaf to 2(of a business) having ceased trading, especially for a short period. （商家）（尤指短时间）歇业的 he put the ‘Closed’ sign up on the door 他把标着“停止营业”字样的牌子挂在门上。 Example sentencesExamples The squash courts will be closed for a week from March 29 and re-open on April 5. Meanwhile, the sauna remains closed as investigations continue into how the fire broke out. Why is it that these schools are closed four months a year? How the plane ended up on a closed runway is still under investigation. The restaurant at the centre of the outbreak remains closed and investigations into its cause are continuing. Hundreds of former workers at the now closed carpet factory could be at risk from exposure to the killer dust. The company is closed for the Christmas break, and no-one was available for comment. When we arrived at our campsite of choice it was closed due to flooding. He declined to discuss target figures for sign-ups to the service because the company is currently in a closed period. Up and down Brandon Boulevard on Sunday afternoon were nothing but closed businesses. Apparently they stay at an old broken-down house near the closed factory. All four of the closed schools are of quality brick construction and in excellent condition. On previous visits I have found this venue to be closed despite the indication that food was available all day. Elderly people were bemused at the temporary closed sign as they turned up to collect their pension money only to find the shop shut. I dropped by the office and they were putting up a closed sign and laughing. A closed sign was put up in the front door of the bakery and detectives spoke to staff. Access to many websites was stopped by a screen message saying ‘site closed due to strike action’. They want the closed factory reopened and the payment of salaries pending for the last 18 months. The Fitness Zone gym will move to one of the two squash courts but the sauna will be closed during renovations. The cartoon associated with this article depicts a poster in a London Underground advertising board showing a closed pub in the rain. 3Mathematics (of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set. 〔数〕（集合）封闭的 Example sentencesExamples He proved that every field has an algebraically closed extension field, perhaps his most important single theorem. What I'm thinking of is a closed, known set of items and these can take many forms. 3.1 (of a set) containing all its limit points. 〔数〕（集合）包含所有极限值的 Example sentencesExamples Every uncountable closed set can be partitioned into a perfect set and a countable set. He also defined closed subsets of the real line as subsets containing their first derived set. 3.2Geometry (of a curve or figure) formed from a single unbroken line. 〔几何〕（曲线，图形）闭合的 Example sentencesExamples A formula for the line integral of the geodesic curvature along a closed curve is known as the Gauss Bonnet theorem. It had been shown that if you take the sphere as basic, any other closed smooth surface can be obtained from it by manipulation. From a mathematical viewpoint, the seam can be thought of as a simple closed curve on the surface of a sphere. The function prompts you to select a closed object such as a circle or a polyline. The time line dips back into the past and could form a closed curve in spacetime. Finally the fifth case consists of two symmetrically positioned closed curves. A closed surface means a two-dimensional shape that has no boundary. Phrases behind closed doors Taking place secretly or without public knowledge. 秘密地；暗中地 the legislature allows its business to be completed behind closed doors Example sentencesExamples The club closed two weeks ago and negotiations had been taking place behind closed doors as to its future. Neither do they welcome publicity for their initiation ceremonies, conducted behind closed doors. There is no public oversight of the council and its meetings are held behind closed doors. The committee made the decision behind closed doors - its meetings are not open to press or public. He also gave expert evidence in many child protection cases which are held behind closed doors with no public scrutiny. Mystery surrounds what was going on behind the closed doors of yesterday's board meeting. It appears that the two have talked behind closed doors and struck a deal. I certainly don't want to add my voice to a bitter argument that has raged for months behind closed doors. However, authorities refuse to comment on what is really happening behind closed doors. Our view is that those who run the media should run it in public, and not behind closed doors. Synonyms covertly, without anyone knowing, in secret, in private, privately, in confidence, confidentially, behind closed doors, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, under cover, under the counter, discreetly, unobserved, quietly, furtively, stealthily, on the sly, on the quiet, privily, conspiratorially, clandestinely, on the side closed book A subject or person about which one knows nothing. 完全理解不了的科目；完全理解不了的人 accounting has always been a closed book to me 会计学对我来说一直是一门完全理解不了的科目。 Example sentencesExamples But when it comes to his emotional life, this period is a closed book. I don't like it, and though I don't consider myself a public person, there is no aspect of my life that is a closed book. Hunting, shooting and fishing were a closed book to him along with horse-racing, cricket and sport of any kind, but he would play an occasional game of billiards. Publicly men of the left, their private lives were something of a closed book, entry to which was rarely granted. The political parties are closed books as far as the majority is concerned. Deadly to explorers, inhospitable to even the mightiest ships and scientific techniques, the vast Southern Ocean has been a closed book to oceanographers until recently. She explained: ‘I still think to this day that there is more to it than what came out but you are dealing with the army and it is a closed book.’ Just how unscrupulous few will ever know, since the murky world of politics is a closed book to most outside observers. But the whole sweep of history is to her as a closed book. Parker remained a closed book to me for some time. Synonyms puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book adj.1 phr. Definition of closed in US English: closed adjectiveklōzdkloʊzd 1Not open. 关闭的，闭合的 rooms with closed doors lined the hallway 沿着走廊是几间关着房门的房间。 he sat with his eyes closed 他闭目坐着。 Example sentencesExamples Even from behind my closed door, I could hear the three adults talking about me. If the idea here is to create a closed acoustic space, then it's a fait accompli. I walked into my house and leaned up against the closed door shaking my head. Policemen stood guard behind the closed doors and no one else was allowed to enter the building. Jane looked up from her book, checked her watch, and looked at the closed door. His eyes must have been closed, I concluded, as there was no beam of blue light for guidance. Allison pried open the closed elevator doors with a tool, and squeezed inside. They tiptoed along the wooden corridor past the closed door of the baby's room. The musician works alone behind the closed door and within formidable soundproof walls. I sat outside the office and suddenly I heard my mother crying behind the closed office door. She leaned against the closed door and took three deep breaths before she too got ready for the big showdown. He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end. Kamat pushes open a closed door from her past and a memory slips out. She remained on the bed, eyes tightly closed, awful ideas swimming around her head. He paused, examining the closed sliding doors as if he could see our servants huddled behind them. The doors were closed last night so we just sat at the fountain outside, talking for about half an hour before heading back to the hotel. Not hearing any, I open the door and move out into the hall and over to my parents' closed bedroom door. Letting out a sigh, Jenny went back over to the closed door and slowly opened it. Eve lay down and closed her eyes, but behind her closed lids, her mind was a flurry of activity. Glancing around, she opened the closed door and stared at the chest of drawers in front of her. Synonyms watertight, waterproof, damp-proof, water-resistant, water-repellent, airtight, tight, sealed, hermetically sealed 1.1 (of a business) having ceased trading, especially for a short period. （商家）（尤指短时间）歇业的 he put the “Closed” sign up on the door 他把标着“停止营业”字样的牌子挂在门上。 Example sentencesExamples All four of the closed schools are of quality brick construction and in excellent condition. They want the closed factory reopened and the payment of salaries pending for the last 18 months. A closed sign was put up in the front door of the bakery and detectives spoke to staff. On previous visits I have found this venue to be closed despite the indication that food was available all day. Meanwhile, the sauna remains closed as investigations continue into how the fire broke out. The squash courts will be closed for a week from March 29 and re-open on April 5. The cartoon associated with this article depicts a poster in a London Underground advertising board showing a closed pub in the rain. The restaurant at the centre of the outbreak remains closed and investigations into its cause are continuing. Elderly people were bemused at the temporary closed sign as they turned up to collect their pension money only to find the shop shut. When we arrived at our campsite of choice it was closed due to flooding. How the plane ended up on a closed runway is still under investigation. Why is it that these schools are closed four months a year? Hundreds of former workers at the now closed carpet factory could be at risk from exposure to the killer dust. The Fitness Zone gym will move to one of the two squash courts but the sauna will be closed during renovations. Access to many websites was stopped by a screen message saying ‘site closed due to strike action’. He declined to discuss target figures for sign-ups to the service because the company is currently in a closed period. I dropped by the office and they were putting up a closed sign and laughing. The company is closed for the Christmas break, and no-one was available for comment. Up and down Brandon Boulevard on Sunday afternoon were nothing but closed businesses. Apparently they stay at an old broken-down house near the closed factory. 1.2 (of a society or system) not communicating with or influenced by others; independent. （社会，体制）对外封闭的，闭关自守的 Example sentencesExamples It's almost impossible to gauge what they're doing because it is a closed society. This state of denial is facilitated by conspiracy theories, so common in closed societies. Moreover, they saw it as a closed system governed by its own elaborate rules, which it was the task of the structuralist to lay bare. Whether the universe may be represented as a closed system is undecided. The blood circulation is a closed system in which the pressure varies constantly. Where countries are still based on closed societies and forms of tribalism, this is more difficult. Businesses which have closed circuit TV in the area have been asked not to wipe their tapes and to contact police. In that kind of closed society, if you leave town, it's like you fall off the edge of the Earth. Often lauded as the bastion of freewheeling capitalism, the city has a surprisingly closed economy. The second principle of relationship advice is that a relationship cannot be a closed system of two. The empire was maintained by a strong navy and trade restrictions that kept the empire a closed economic system. A closed system is one that receives no energy from outside the system itself. It's tough being an entrepreneur in a closed economic society. If you take the whole Solar System and treat it as a closed system, the entropy does increase, just as the laws of thermodynamics require. They are a closed circle and are closely associated in their business networks. What is an open society and what is a closed society depends on where one is located in it. Because it is a closed system, you do not get to see this blood rushing around - until we open up an artery or a vein. He argued that the earth resembled a closed system, which used up its finite stocks of useful energy in an irreversible way. The Institute was a closed society of the rich, famous and powerful. The terrorists seek a closed society of fear and conformity. But those countries with closed economies can grow until they can afford to pay their officials well. In nature a closed system stays healthy as long as it stays balanced, which means stabilized. 1.3 Limited to certain people; not open or available to all. 限于某些人的；不是对所有人都开放的，并非人人可得的 the UN Security Council met in closed session 联合国安全理事会召开内部会议。 Example sentencesExamples Bids of up to £25,000 were discussed at a closed district council meeting last night. A report released this week showed that 60 percent of schemes linked to earnings are now closed to workers joining a firm. This is not surprising because the world's elite closed tournaments are just that: closed. However, she has agreed to appear before the commission on a second occasion, albeit in closed session. Councillors were last night in closed session considering quotes from different firms for the general repair work. We should not strive for a state where we censor our business contacts and limit them only to a closed clique. Both sides had insisted that the transcript of the closed session be published. The special committee is set to announce the results of its investigation in a closed plenary session Monday. While the Scheme is a closed scheme no new members may be admitted and the contributions of the Employers will cease. After Stella's performance, the judges held a closed discussion for what seemed like eons. Upon arriving at the door we were individually told that this was always a closed meeting and not open to the public. All discussions remain closed to the public and remarks made by speakers are off-the-record. Then it was off to a closed meeting between members of the mayoral committee and local councillors. The resolution indicated Council was reconvening in a closed session to discuss a legal matter. Synonyms select, chic, high-class, elite, fashionable, stylish, elegant, choice, special, premier, grade a 1.4 Unwilling to accept new ideas. 保守的，守旧的 you're facing the situation with a closed mind 你在以保守态度面对形势。 Example sentencesExamples It means being unwilling to reconsider ideas and being closed to hearing other points of view. In the background he heard Laura yelling something but his mind was closed to everything. And that's the beauty of using music as a Trojan Horse into closed minds. Do not go into business with a closed mind and so much pride that you will not admit you were wrong. It is hard to be anything other than pessimistic when confronted by so many closed minds in the educational establishment. And the opposite of faith is not so much doubt as fear, or the rocklike certainty of the closed mind. They truly must steer clear of people who are closed and unresponsive. There is no point in attempting to convert someone whose mind is closed. Our minds are certainly not closed to further discussion on this crucial issue. She then went on to consider the separate case that the district council had approached the decision with a closed mind. This is a surprisingly large category of knowledge, and it is evidence of an active mind not a closed one. This isn't to say that secular liberals aren't also sometimes afflicted by prejudice or guilty of a closed mind. JHis behaviour highlights the dangers of combining a big mouth with a closed mind. Darren sees all this carefully orchestrated chaos and confusion as a way to unlock closed minds. In the end, nothing is more damaging to any form of diversity than a closed mind. Synonyms unaffected by, untouched by, immune to, invulnerable to, insusceptible to, not susceptible to, proof against, unreceptive to, closed to, resistant to, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, oblivious to, unmoved by, deaf to 1.5Mathematics (of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set. 〔数〕（集合）封闭的 Example sentencesExamples What I'm thinking of is a closed, known set of items and these can take many forms. He proved that every field has an algebraically closed extension field, perhaps his most important single theorem. 1.6Mathematics (of a set) containing all its limit points. 〔数〕（集合）包含所有极限值的 Example sentencesExamples He also defined closed subsets of the real line as subsets containing their first derived set. Every uncountable closed set can be partitioned into a perfect set and a countable set. 1.7Geometry Of or pertaining to a curve whose ends are joined. Example sentencesExamples It is going off on a journey through space, in a closed loop, and arriving back at your starting point before you leave. A vortex may either end at the boundary of the fluid or may form a closed loop with itself to form a vortex ring. More often than not, he would draw the line in one continuous motion to create a closed loop. But in both cases, if you run round the track you get back to where you started from - you follow a closed loop. The simplest definition of shape is a closed contour, an element defined by its perimeter. Any model of a single closed state is therefore inadequate to represent them. Phrases behind closed doors Taking place secretly or without public knowledge. 秘密地；暗中地 Example sentencesExamples However, authorities refuse to comment on what is really happening behind closed doors. The club closed two weeks ago and negotiations had been taking place behind closed doors as to its future. Neither do they welcome publicity for their initiation ceremonies, conducted behind closed doors. The committee made the decision behind closed doors - its meetings are not open to press or public. There is no public oversight of the council and its meetings are held behind closed doors. He also gave expert evidence in many child protection cases which are held behind closed doors with no public scrutiny. Our view is that those who run the media should run it in public, and not behind closed doors. I certainly don't want to add my voice to a bitter argument that has raged for months behind closed doors. It appears that the two have talked behind closed doors and struck a deal. Mystery surrounds what was going on behind the closed doors of yesterday's board meeting. Synonyms covertly, without anyone knowing, in secret, in private, privately, in confidence, confidentially, behind closed doors, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, under cover, under the counter, discreetly, unobserved, quietly, furtively, stealthily, on the sly, on the quiet, privily, conspiratorially, clandestinely, on the side closed book A subject or person about which one knows nothing. 完全理解不了的科目；完全理解不了的人 accounting has always been a closed book to me 会计学对我来说一直是一门完全理解不了的科目。 Example sentencesExamples The political parties are closed books as far as the majority is concerned. She explained: ‘I still think to this day that there is more to it than what came out but you are dealing with the army and it is a closed book.’ But the whole sweep of history is to her as a closed book. I don't like it, and though I don't consider myself a public person, there is no aspect of my life that is a closed book. Publicly men of the left, their private lives were something of a closed book, entry to which was rarely granted. But when it comes to his emotional life, this period is a closed book. Just how unscrupulous few will ever know, since the murky world of politics is a closed book to most outside observers. Hunting, shooting and fishing were a closed book to him along with horse-racing, cricket and sport of any kind, but he would play an occasional game of billiards. Parker remained a closed book to me for some time. Deadly to explorers, inhospitable to even the mightiest ships and scientific techniques, the vast Southern Ocean has been a closed book to oceanographers until recently. Synonyms puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, unsolved problem, problem, question, question mark, closed book adj.1 phr.
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