closure

名词 closure:

1. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
   同义词：closing
2. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
   同义词：cloture, gag rule, gag law
3. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
   同义词：law of closure
4. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
   同义词：settlement, resolution
5. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
   同义词：blockage, block, occlusion, stop, stoppage
6. the act of blocking
   同义词：blockage, occlusion
7. termination of operations
   同义词：closedown, closing, shutdown

动词 closure:

1. terminate debate by calling for a vote
   同义词：cloture

1. The closure of the car factory had a knock-on effect on the tyre manufacturers.
   汽车厂关闭後，轮胎制造商受到间接的影响。
2. Police reported the closure of the road/that the road was closed.
   警方宣布那条道路禁止通行。
3. The closure of the large factory made many workers live in idleness.
   那家大工厂倒闭，使许多工人失业。
4. The absence or closure of a normal body orifice or tubular passage such as the anus, intestine, or external ear canal.
   (先天性)闭锁，无孔正常的身体孔或管道，如肛门、肠或外耳道的缺失或闭合

clo.sure

n.（名词）
The act of closing or the state of being closed:
关闭，闭合：关闭的行为或被关闭的状态：
例句：
closure of an incision.
切口的闭合

Something that closes or shuts.
封闭物，关闭物：关闭或合上的某物
A bringing to an end; a conclusion:
结束，结尾：导致结束；结论：
例句：
finally brought the project to closure.
最后方案被截止了

See cloture
参见 cloture
The property of being mathematically closed.
闭合，闭包：闭合精确程度的特性
v.tr.（及物动词）
clo.sured,clo.sur.ing,clo.sures
To cloture (a debate).
结束（辩论）

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin clausôra [fortress, lock]
源自 后期拉丁语 clausôra [要塞，锁]
from clausus [enclosed] * see close
源自 clausus [被关闭的] *参见 close
Sense 4, translation of French clôture * see cloture
释义4， 法语 clôture的翻译 *参见 cloture