| 单词 | to shut up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shut up to shut up 1. transitive. To place or store away in a closed box or other receptacle; to keep from view or use; to confine within bounds. literal and figurative †Also to withhold (one's money, kindness, etc.) from a person. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > a receptacle to shut upc1400 stopa1425 the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a receptacle to shut upc1400 stowc1485 stuff1567 to stow away1795 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose in a receptacle or surrounding mass > in a receptacle spear1303 to shut upc1400 shrine1592 occlude1623 stop1714 encase1727 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > withhold or refuse to give forbar1303 denyc1374 again-holda1382 withdrawc1386 restraina1393 to shut up1526 renounce1617 denegate1623 c1400 Pety Job 364 in 26 Pol. Poems 132 Tyll he..wylne to be shut vp in hys cheste. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17922 To shit vp gold in coffers. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 John iii. 17 Whosoever..seyth his brother in necessitie, and shetteth vppe his compassion from him. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/1 He hath shytte up his treasour in a wall. 1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. Dij He neuer perceyued my goodnesse to be shut vp towardes hym. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. xciv. sig. E vij Whose names are worthye to be spred immortall, in euery age, whose fame should not be shutte vp, or hydde in any posteritie. 1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois v. sig. K3v Our sensiue spirits..can take..the same formes they had, When they were shut vp in this bodies shade. 1691 J. Scougall tr. D. Beddevole Ess. Anat. 120 Each Lobe [of the Liver] is shut up [Fr. renfermé] in a very delicate Membrane. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 30 Thoughts shut up want Air, And spoil. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 268 Cutting long slips of muslin..and shutting them up in boxes. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 27 The waters are shut up within the great basin, the Caspian and Aral being the seas which receive those waters that are not lost in the plains. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > put concisely or briefly [verb (transitive)] > condense condensate1555 contract1604 to shut up1622 compress1746 condense1805 pemmican1837 pemmicanize1845 to boil down1880 bovrilize1900 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)] abrevya1325 comprehendc1369 abridgec1384 shorta1390 suma1398 abbreviate?a1475 shorten1530 to cut short?1542 curtail1553 to knit up1553 to wind up1583 clip1598 epitomize1599 brief1601 contract1604 to shut up1622 decurt1631 to sum up1642 breviate1663 curtilate1665 compendize1693 epitomate1702 to gather up1782 summarize1808 scissor1829 précis1856 to cut down1857 to boil down1880 synopsize1882 essence1888 résumé1888 short copy1891 bovrilize1900 pot1927 summate1951 capsulize1958 profile1970 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman vi. 49 Shutting vp whole and weightie Sentences in three words. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 472 There are three things which beget Love, Beauty, Benefits, and Praises: They are all three shut up in Goodness. 3. a. To confine (a person or animal) in prison or in some kind of restraint; to keep in seclusion; to hem (a person) round in order to prevent his escape. Also (chiefly reflexive) to shut the door on (a person within a place, room, etc.) to prevent access; passive to be closeted with. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > be enclosed [verb (intransitive)] > with others in a private chamber to be closeted with (also together)1641 to shut upa1684 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiii. 312 I shall bryng hym agen wyth me vnto you all, were he shitte vp in X prisons. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xiii. f. xxv Then let the preast shitt him vpp seuen dayes. 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Acts xxvi. 10 Many of the sainctes I shut vp in preson. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 51 A houell, will..serue thee in winter..to shut vp the porklings, thou mindest to fat. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xv. 367 These Virgines thus shut vp into these monasteries. 1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 173 These garrisons shutt up by the rebells. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 563 Din'd at the Tressurers & after dinner were shut-up together. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) III. 222 He shut him up closely by sea, as well as land. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 476 Those for whom the feast should have been preparing,..remained shut up at home. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. viii. 147 Whom, however, Loménie,..shuts up in the Bastille. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 613 The Jacobites..were forced to shut themselves up in their houses. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany i. 1 [I] shut myself up with my own thoughts. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 276 The dogs were always shut up on moonlight nights. b. In some games of skill: To surround (the pieces of an opponent) in such a manner that a move becomes impossible without capture. Also said of the player. In Dominoes, see quot. 1870. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (transitive)] > tactics to shut up1474 to take upc1475 neck1597 catch1674 to discover check1688 attack1735 retreat1744 fork1745 pin1745 retake1750 guard1761 interpose1761 castle1764 retract1777 to take (a pawn) en passant1818 capture1820 decline1847 cook1851 undouble1868 unpin1878 counter1890 fidate1910 sacrifice1915 fianchetto1927 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [verb (transitive)] > block a move to shut up1870 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. ii. 168 For yf he be taken or ded or ellis Inclusid and shette vp [etc.]. 1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 340 Endeavouring to keep the command of the game [dominoes], so that you can block it at any moment, or, as it is technically termed, ‘shut it up’. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 320 Unskilful players of draughts are at last shut up by their skilled adversaries. c. To compel by the exclusion of alternatives to some particular conclusion, course of action, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state > by exclusion of alternatives to shut up1836 1836 Rob Stene's Dream (Maitland Club) Introd. 12 We are thus shut up to the conclusion, that the Poem must have been composed between 27th January, 1590–1,..and 28th February, 1591–2. 1843 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) III. 44 He plies the Oxford Tractists with this argument very fairly, and shows..that they are shut up to one of two courses. 4. To close (an entrance, aperture, etc.); to pull (a door, window, etc.) to; †to stop up, make impassable (a road). Also occasionally to shut permanently (the eyes, mouth). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)] > shut eyes or mouth permanently to shut up1526 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] beloukeOE tinea900 bitunc1000 forshutc1000 sparc1175 louka1225 bisteke?c1225 spear?c1225 closec1275 knita1398 fastena1400 upclosec1440 to shut up1526 reclude1550 upspeara1563 lucken1568 to make up1582 hatcha1586 belocka1616 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage forsetc900 withseta1300 stop13.. speara1325 withsperre1330 to stop one's way1338 shut1362 forbara1375 beseta1400 stopc1400 precludea1513 interclude1526 to shut up1526 forestall1528 fence1535 hedge1535 quar1542 foreclose1548 forestop1566 to flounder up1576 obstruct1578 bar1590 retrench1590 to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596 barricade1606 barricado1611 thwartc1630 blocka1644 overthwart1654 rebarricado1655 to choke up1673 blockade1696 embarrass1735 snow1816 roadblock1950 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxv. f. xxxvv The gate was shett vppe. 1560 T. H. tr. Ovid Fable Narcissus sig. ivv And deth shut vp those eyes. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations ii. 15 All the Ports and Hauens in the Countrie are shutte vp by reason of the warres. 1608 H. Wotton in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 411 The ways being all shut up with frosts, and snows. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 32 If the Merchant sit still, the most of them may shut up their Shop windowes. 1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1841) iii. i. xv. 89 When a tradesman shuts up his windows, to induce his creditors to believe that he is abroad. 1802 R. Brookes Gen. Gazetteer (ed. 12) at Lepanto The harbour is small, and may be shut up by a chain. 1826 in W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Sept. 789 Let them answer me this question, or shut up their mouths upon this subject. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xix. 495 Closing the extremities of tubes so as to shut up one end. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xl. 274 Well, his mouth's shut up, at last. 1891 S. Kinns Graven in Rock viii. 290 The ancient Egyptians had closely shut it [the entrance] up. 5. To close, prevent access to or exit from (a place, a house, shop, room, etc.); †to screen by an enclosure from (obsolete); Agriculture to close (a meadow) to pasture, in preparation for a hay crop; to close (a box or other receptacle); Nautical to stop the leaks in (a ship). to shut up shop: see shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 9.Also in Biblical phrases, to shut up the heavens, to withhold rain; to shut up the womb, to render barren. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [verb (transitive)] to shut up the heavens1530 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) steeka1250 shut1340 to shut in1390 spear1445 seclude1451 to shut up1530 mure1550 block1630 lock1773 to lock up1824 seal1931 to sew up1962 to lock down1980 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] to shut up the womb1530 sterilize1828 yeld1831 desexualize1886 the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > partition or form a partition > screen from seclude1601 to shut up1733 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay > close meadow to grow hay to lay in1600 to lay down1608 to shut up1765 to put up1892 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > stop a leak in specific way fother1789 to shut up1805 to well the ship1820 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xiv. f. xxvi Then let the preast..shett vp the housse for .vij. dayes. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. xi. f. xxii And then the wrath of the Lorde..shott vp the heauen that there be no rayne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job iii. 10 Because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me. 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day in Wks. (1910) II. 246 Gluttony dyd shut up Paradyse. 1592 Arden of Feversham ii. ii. 52 Tis very late, I were best shute vp my stall. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 415 Now were two houses shut up in our parish. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 110. ¶5 His Mother..had shut up half the Rooms in the House. 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies vi. 121 Cities in Greece, shut up from Northerly Winds, were unhealthy. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 275 Their food, four small pastures... Two of them I fed in the spring, rather late before I shut them up for hay. 1805 C. Collingwood Let. 10 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 110 (note) The Achille wanted caulking much. I ordered a gang on board of her to shut her up before the wet weather comes. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxvii. 132 Noah, you shut up the shop. 1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 iv. 396 The field is now shut up till the time of harvesting the crop. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 624 Let us shut up the box and the puppets. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. vi. Epil. 327 The workshops have been shut up half an hour or more. 6. To close (something) by folding together, to fold (something) up. Also intransitive for reflexive. Also, †to fit closely together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > by way of filling > fit together queem1501 even1530 fit1611 to shut up1611 fadge1674 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > close by folding together shut1582 to shut up1829 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > by folding together to fold upc888 shut?a1366 to do to1562 to make up1629 to shut up1833 1611 Bible (King James) Job xli. 15 His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale. View more context for this quotation 1829 P. Barlow Optics in Encycl. Metrop.: Mixed Sci. I. 473/1 A machine shutting up in the form of a chest, or box. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. x. 259 Shutting up the easel itself, [she] deposited it in the corner. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 53 And he, shutting up the knife.., accompanied them towards the cottage. 1891 Punch 25 Apr. 201/2 Smart new boy in cloak-room has noted gentlemen shutting up their crush hats. 1911 Daily Graphic 2 Dec. 4/3 Shutting up the little book he had been reading. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.jv The two last [lines] do combine and shut vp the Sentence. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 158 To shutte up the matter in fewe wordes. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. vi. 171/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Some making their entrie with egs, and shutting vp their tables with mulberies. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. D2 And heauens haue shut vp day to pleasure vs. 1602 W. Leigh Soules Solace in W. Harrison Deaths Advantage (ed. 2) 18 Hee shut vp his blessed life, with these blessed words [etc.]. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 182 I must aduertise them that shut vp their meale with drinke, that they doe it with a moderate draught. 1633 Battle of Lutzen 28 I shut up all concerning this point in this Assertion. 1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. i. 1 In the last Lecture..I shut up the doctrine of ulcers. c1650 in G. Bromley Coll. Royal Lett. (1787) 309 Thus I will shut up my long and tedious letter. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 101 He constantly shuts up the Week with a Debauch. 1741 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 303 I will shut up this melancholy subject with part of a letter. 8. colloquial. To be the end of (a matter). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] > be the end of to shut up1856 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xii. 102 Now, I'll tell you what it is, and this shuts it up..I'll let him off for another five down and a bottle of wine; and if you mean done, say done, and if you don't like it, leave it. 9. intransitive. Of a period of time, state of things, a discourse, an action: To come to an end. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes restOE leathc1275 stintc1275 slakea1300 ceasec1374 slocka1400 batec1400 lissec1400 stanchc1420 surcease1439 remain1480 stopa1529 break1530 decease1538 falla1555 to shut up1609 subside1654 drop1697 low1790 to go out1850 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire to run outeOE endOE stintc1275 slakea1300 overpassc1350 determinec1374 overruna1393 dispend1393 failc1399 missa1400 to wear out, forth1412 stanchc1420 to come outa1450 terminea1450 expire?c1450 finish1490 conclude1593 upclose1603 terminate1608 to shut up1609 to wind off1650 stop1733 to fall in1771 close1821 to blaze out1884 outgive1893 to play out1964 1609 Old Meg of Hereford-shire sig. A4v The sports growing to the end, and shutting vp. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 31 Mar. (1974) VIII. 139 The month shuts up, only with great desires of peace in all of us. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard v. ii. 180 So here my time shuts up. 10. Of a person: †To end one's course of action (obsolete); to bring one's remarks to a close. Now rare. (Cf. 13.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] enda1340 finisha1400 conclude1526 to get through1589 get1594 dispatcha1616 to shut up1626 to wind up1631 finale1797 to top off1836 to top up1837 through1894 to roll up1963 the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > finish speaking to shut up1626 to trail off1845 1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 21 The Joash of Judah..hauing beene preserued..by Iehoiada the Priest..shuts vp in the vnkinde murther of his sonne. 1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee i. 72 And now (to shut up) I will give you a brief recapitulation. 1700 R. Cromwell Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 121 I fear how farre my penn hath runn; it is but reasonable to shut up. 1868 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) II. 175 I must now shut up. 11. Of a commercial house: To close its doors, stop payment. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (intransitive)] > stop payment to stop payment1766 to shut up1841 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond x The very day when the Muff and Tippet Company shut up. 12. transitive. To cause (a person) to stop talking, to reduce to silence. Also to silence (hostile artillery). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence to put silence toc1384 to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 mumc1475 stillc1540 to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 obacerate1656 bouche1721 to shut up1814 to pipe down1926 to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold [verb (transitive)] > repel > silence hostile artillery to shut up1860 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xvi. 305 Her son, who was always guided by the last speaker, by the person who could get hold of and shut him up . View more context for this quotation 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xiii. 115 I say to them, What else are you made for? It shuts them up. They haven't a word to answer. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 291 Our artillery seemed to shut the hostile guns up. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. v. 79 When I got there I was quite shut up. 1866 H. J. W. Buxton Mysteries of Isis 7 The Captain shuts up poor Henry..and he can't say a word in return. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 16 Looks at you and shuts you up just like Snorker, my old form master. 13. intransitive (colloquial or slang.) To shut one's mouth, to stop talking. (Cf. 10) Often in imperative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking to make up one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 blina1300 dumba1300 leavea1375 to put a sock in ita1529 hush1548 silence1551 stay1551 stow1567 stop1579 to save one's breath (also wind)1605 tace1697 stubble it!1699 shut your trap!1796 to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808 stubble your whids!1830 to shut up1840 to dry up1853 pawl1867 subside1872 to pipe down1876 to shut (one's) head, face1876 shurrup1893 to shut off1896 clam1916 dry1934 shtum1958 to oyster up1973 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 10 Oct. 2/4 The Dutch~man got a hint to ‘shut up’ from one of the officers. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green viii. 69 Order! or-der! Shut up, Bouncer! 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. v. 125 On this occasion he seemed to be at some loss for words: he shut up, as the slang phrase goes. 1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 134 He nearly had a fit, and shut up at once. 14. Of a racehorse: To refuse to go on running in a race. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > refuse to go on jib1811 to shut up1859 1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn xxix Some horses..drag their feet along, all weary and tired; if you push them a bit, they shut up, or they answer the whip with a kind of shrug. to shut up to shut up intransitive. In imperative. colloquial (originally U.S.). Expressing surprise, incredulity, or admiration, typically in response to something that has been said; ‘you're kidding’, ‘that's incredible’. ΚΠ 1990 P. Munro Slang U 170 I saw Bill Cosby on campus—he even said hi to me.—Shut up! 2003 Wired Jan. 98/1 When I came here five years ago, I was like, Shut up! I can't believe these guys are calling us. 2010 B. Agbaje Off Endz i. 7 David Oh my days, I can't believe this cartoon is still on. Sharon Yes, it's on every day. David Shut up..no way. 2012 T. Aleo Empty Net xxv. 339 ‘I'm opening a cupcakery,’ Audrey said proudly... ‘Shut up! That's amazing! Congratulations.’ < as lemmas |
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