close up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
close up• Dragging a chair close up to the television screen, she sat down to watch the film.• If you look at the painting close up you can see that it's a fake.close up shop• Finnegan's Bar is closing up shop after 35 years.• Some of the big ad agencies close up shop early for the holidays.• And retailers, caught betwixt the two, were perplexed and losing money, if not closing up shop for good.• At one stage, he considered closing up shop for good.• A few companies closed up shop in California.close-up /ˈkləʊs ʌp $ ˈkloʊs-/ noun [countable, uncountable] TCPNEARa photograph or part of a film in which the camera seems to have been very close to the picture it took 〔照相或电影的〕特写；特写镜头close-up of a close-up of her face 她的脸部特写in close-up Much of the movie is shot in close-up. 这部电影有不少特写镜头。Examples from the Corpus
close-up• She brought the camera forward to get a close-up of the actor's face.• I want to get a close-up of the children's faces.• The placing of the head in a close-up is important.• Another is a close-up of a mud-encrusted hand reaching back toward a worker at the top of a precarious twig ladder.• I mean, I don't like seeing myself on camera in close-up, but then I never did.• The camera pans over the players as they write, showing each one in close-up.• Each butterfly had been photographed in close-up so that you could see every detail.• I decided not to tell him about my close-up 0f his unguarded sleeping face.• Long and medium shots, rather than close-ups, can hide bags under the eyes.• I rediscovered them on the screen in the close-ups of objects which impressed and influenced me.• It doesn't step outside time, but accentuates its effects and brings them into unbearable close-up.in close-up• Much of the movie is shot in close-up.close-up nounChinese
in part of photograph a or a Corpus film which
close up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++close up1 → close up at close1(PHRASAL VERB)2 → close up/up close/close to at close3(1) from only a short distance away
close up
close up phrasal verb (see also close)
1. close something ↔ up if a shop or building closes up or is closed up, it stops being open to the public for a period of time:
The resorts are all closed up for the season.
2. close up shop to stop doing something for a period of time or permanently:
When it rains, there is no alternative but to close up shop.
3. if a group of people close up, they move closer together
4. close something ↔ up if a wound closes up or if someone closes it up, the edges grow together again or are sewn together:
The scar is closing up nicely – it’ll soon be time to take the stitches out.
5. to become narrower or to shut:
The flowers close up at night.
Occasionally the channel widened then closed up tight again.
6. to refuse to talk to someone about something:
The moment I said I was a police officer, everyone would close up like a clam.
close up phrasal verb (see also close)
1. close something ↔ up if a shop or building closes up or is closed up, it stops being open to the public for a period of time:
2. close up shop to stop doing something for a period of time or permanently:
3. if a group of people close up, they move closer together
4. close something ↔ up if a wound closes up or if someone closes it up, the edges grow together again or are sewn together:
5. to become narrower or to shut:
6. to refuse to talk to someone about something:
See also close