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单词 shut something in
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to confine or enclose
The door enables us to shut the birds in in bad weather.
Synonyms
confine
He has been confined to his barracks.
cage
Don't you think it's cruel to cage wild creatures?
enclose
The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.
imprison
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
impound
pound
wall off or up
See shut

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cage
Definition
to confine in a cage
Don't you think it's cruel to cage wild creatures?
Synonyms
shut up,
confine,
restrain,
imprison,
lock up,
mew,
incarcerate,
fence in,
impound,
coop up,
immure (archaic),
pound
in the sense of enclose
Definition
to surround completely
The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.
Synonyms
surround,
cover,
circle,
bound,
wrap,
fence,
pound,
pen,
hedge,
confine,
close in,
encompass,
wall in,
encircle,
encase,
fence in,
impound,
circumscribe,
hem in,
shut in,
environ
in the sense of imprison
Definition
to confine in or as if in prison
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
Synonyms
jail,
confine,
detain,
lock up,
constrain,
put away,
intern,
incarcerate,
send down (informal),
send to prison,
impound,
put under lock and key,
immure (archaic)

Nearby words of
shut something in

  • shut someone out
  • shut someone up
  • shut something down
  • shut something in
  • shut something off
  • shut something out
  • shut up

Synonyms of 'shut something in'

shut something in

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