The dim gloom of drawn blinds and winter twilight closed about her.

从百叶窗透进来的幽暗的微光和冬天的暮色把她紧紧地包围着。

The problem: many restaurants closed about this time.

问题是，这个时候很多餐馆都关门了。

Scarlett resumed her rocking and the still darkness of the warm night closed about them.

黑暗的夜雾浓密而温暖。

Her fingers closed about them, damp and hot, like worms.

她的手指紧紧握住它们， 又湿又热，像蠕虫一样。

East of Maidenpool the hills rose wild, and the pines closed in about them like a host of silent grey-green soldiers.

女泉城东面的丘陵枝繁叶茂，松树从四面八方围拢，仿佛沉默的灰绿色士兵组成的军团。

The exclamation of surprise that almost burst from his lips was throttled in his throat by steel-thewed fingers that closed about his windpipe with the suddenness of thought.

几乎要从他嘴唇里迸发出来的惊讶惊呼被钢铁般的手指扼住了喉咙， 这些手指随着突然的想法关闭了他的气管。

At sight of him they shouted in Arabic, which, of course, he could not understand, and then they closed about him, threatening and angry. Their questions were unintelligible to him, and no more could they interpret his English.

一看到他，他们就用阿拉伯语大喊，当然，他听不懂，然后他们围着他，威胁而愤怒。他无法理解他们的问题，他们也无法翻译他的英语。