| 单词 | shut up shop |
| 释义 | shut up shopphrase [VERB inflects] See full dictionary entry for shopWhen a shop, office, or firm shuts up shop, it stops doing business and closes, either at the end of the day or permanently. [British] If they had been faced with the bill they'd have shut up shop and fled the country. Synonyms: close down, shut down, cease trading, wind up a business More Synonyms of shut up shop shut up shop in British Englisha. to close business at the end of the day or permanently b. to become defensive or inactive shut up shop in American English1. to close a place of business, as for the night 2. to go out of business shut up shop or close up shop to be forced to close your business, for example because of difficult economic conditions Unless business picks up soon, some of the 245 foreign-owned banks in Switzerlandmay have to shut up shop. Examples of 'shut up shop' in a sentence |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。