close-grained
2.white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis.
3.The hard, close-grained wood of any of these trees, used especially in furniture, interior finishes, and plywood.
4.small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood.
5.hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood.
6.medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood.
7.tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood.
8.The wood of any of these trees, especially the hard, close-grained wood of the sugar maple, often used for furniture and flooring.
9.medium-large thick-trunked deciduous tree of the eastern United States and southern Canada having close-grained wood and deeply 7-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn.
10.pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds.
同义词辨析
辨析1:
这些形容词均有“接近的”之意。
close : 语气强于near。指时间、地点或程度方面的接近，有紧靠、相邻的意味。
near: 语气弱于close，也指时间或空间上的接近，但无“紧接，接触”的含义。
nearby: 指距离上很近，近在咫尺。
辨析1:
这些动词均有“关”之意。
close : 较多地用于正式或庄重的文体中，如关闭铁路、公路以及其它交通渠道，要用close。
shut: 着重关闭的动作、过程和方式手段。
slam: 象声词，指“砰的关上”，或用力关上。
辨析1:
这些动词均含“结束，完成”之意。
complete: 侧重指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。
finish: 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事。
end: 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。
close : 普通用词，着重行为的终止或结束，不强调其目的。
conclude: 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预期目的而告终。
terminate: 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词。
accomplish: 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。
辨析1:
这些形容词均含“亲密的”之意。
familiar: 通常指因长期交往而彼此很熟悉，像自家人一样。
intimate: 语气强烈，指感情或思想融洽、相互知心，彼此关系亲密。
close : 语气较强，指兴趣爱好相同，因而关系密切，感情深笃。
confidential: 指相互之间可推心置腹、彼此信赖。
