单词 | shut out |
释义 | shut out 1. phrasal verb B2 If you shut something or someone out, you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. 'I shut him out of the bedroom,' says Maureen. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you shut out a thought or a feeling, you prevent yourself from thinking or feeling it. I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for shut If you shut someone out of something, you prevent them from having anything to do with it. She is very reclusive, to the point of shutting me out of her life. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] They refused to allow Republicans to offer amendments, effectively shutting them out of the process. [V n P of n] She had effectively shut him out by refusing to listen. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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