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loser [losers] (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) noun [UK: ˈluː.zə(r)] [US: ˈluː.zər] | 失败者 /shībàizhě/noun |
brucellosis [brucelloses] (infection by the bacterium, Brucella) noun [UK: brˌuːsɪlˈəʊsɪs] [US: brˌuːsɪlˈoʊsɪs] | 布魯氏菌病noun 波状热 /bōzhuàngrè/noun 波狀熱noun 馬爾他熱noun |
cellulose [celluloses] (the polysaccharide cellulose) noun [UK: ˈse.ljʊ.ləʊs] [US: ˈse.ljʊloʊs] | 纖維素noun 纤维素 /xiānwéisù/noun |
close [closer, closest] (at a little distance) adjective [UK: kləʊz] [US: kloʊz] | 近 /jìn/adjective |
close [closed, closing, closes] (close (one's eyes)) verb [UK: kləʊz] [US: kloʊz] | 閉上verb 闭上 /bìshang/verb |
close [closed, closing, closes] (obstruct (an opening)) verb [UK: kləʊz] [US: kloʊz] | 关 /guān/verb 关闭 /guānbì/verb 閉verb 關verb 關閉verb 闭 /bì/verb |
close, but no cigar (used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite) phrase | )phrase chàzhīqiānlǐ/phrase mǎnpánjiēshū/phrase short of success)phrase 功亏一篑 /gōngkuīyīkuì/phrase 功虧一簣phrase 失之毫厘,差之千里 /shīzhīháolíphrase 失之毫釐,差之千里phrase 踏錯一步,滿盤皆輸phrase 踏错一步,满盘皆输 /tàcuòyībùphrase |
close-knit (closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond) adjective [UK: kləʊz nɪt] [US: kloʊz ˈnɪt] | 团结一致的 /tuánjié yīzhì de/adjective 團結一致的adjective |
close the stable door after the horse has bolted (to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred) verb | 亡羊補牢verb |
close-up [close-ups] (photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale) noun [UK: ˈkləʊs ʌp] [US: ˈkloʊs ʌp] | 特写 /tèxiě/noun 特寫noun |
closed (not open) adjective [UK: kləʊzd] [US: kloʊzd] | 关着 /guānzhe/adjective 關着adjective |
closed-book (referring to exams in which external resources are prohibited) adjective | 閉卷adjective 闭卷 /bìjuàn/adjective |
closed interval noun | 閉區間noun 闭区间 /bìqūjiān/noun |
closemouthed [closemoutheds] (reticent, secretive or uncommunicative) adjective [UK: klˈəʊsmaʊðd] [US: klˈoʊsmaʊðd] | 嘴严adjective |