close down

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++close down  → close down at close1(PHRASAL VERB)

close down  

close down
close down phrasal verb (see also close)
1. close something ↔ down if a company, shop etc closes down or is closed down, it stops operating permanently:
    Paramount closed down its London office in 1968.
2. British English to stop broadcasting radio or television programmes at the end of the day:
    BBC 2 closes down at 12:45 tonight.

●ˌclose ˈdown(BrE) when a radio or television station closes down, it stops broadcasting at the end of the day （电台或电视台在一天的播送后）结束播放，停止播音  ➡  related noun close-down

●ˌclose ˈdown●ˌclose sth↔ˈdown = close1 (4) ◆All the steelworks around here were closed down in the 1980s. 这一带的所有钢铁厂都在 20 世纪 80 年代关闭了。🔊  ➡  related noun close-down OPP open up