英语词汇“shut”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	shut
释义	shut I. \ˈshə]t, dial ˈshe]; usu ]d.+V\ verb (shut ; shut ; shutting ; shuts) Etymology: Middle English shutten, shetten, shitten, from Old English scyttan; akin to Middle Dutch schutten to shut in, hinder, Old English scēotan to shoot — more at shoot *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to move (as a bolt) so as to fasten something (as a door, window) 2. a. : to move (as a door, window, gate) into position to close an opening < shut the lid > < leads us to shut the gates of mercy — M.R.Cohen > < shut his door against his enemies > — often used with up < shut up his windows and closed the shop > or down < shut all the windows down > < shuts the top down and locks it > b. : to prevent passage to or from by closing doors or openings : close < shut the cottage for the winter > — often used with up < shut up the house and set off for Europe > c. : to close (as an opening, a passage) by an obstacle or barrier < the enemy shut every pass through the mountains > — often used with up or in < another upland valley shut in by the easy slope of wooded hills — American Guide Series: Vermont > d. : to close (as the mind) to ideas and other influences from without < prejudice shuts the mind tighter than illiteracy — Bice Clemow > — often used with up 3. : to confine by or as if by enclosure or by closing a means of escape < shut him in the closet > < was shut in prison > — usually used with up < shut up with him in the … chill smoky carriage — Anne D. Sedgwick > < food and muskets and gunpowder to stand by their own army shut up in Boston — Dorothy C. Fisher > < shut up in an acquired intellectual pride — V.S.Pritchett > 4. : to fasten with a lock or bolt < buys a lock to shut his chest > 5. : to close by bringing enclosing or covering parts together < shut the eyes > < shut the mouth > < shut the fist > < shut a book > < shut a locket > — often used with up < shut up the piano > 6. : to cause to cease or suspend operation or business — often used with down < obliged the administration to shut down the university for the remainder of the spring term — R.G.Woolbert > 7. : weld *intransitive verb* 1. : to close itself or become closed < door shut with a slam > < flowers shut at night > < the seams worked … opening and shutting as the ship strained on the waves — C.S.Forester > — often used with down < the lid shuts down to keep the dust out > 2. : to become visually continuous without a perceptible break < earth and the sky and the sky and the sea, seem shutting together as a book that is read — Joaquin Miller > 3. : to close in < and soon evening will shut — A.E.Housman > — often used with in < observing the sunshine beginning to shut in — Samuel Richardson > 4. : to cease or suspend an operation or business : close < cafés and bars which never seemed to shut while I was there — James Reach > — often used with up < all my kids … were reporting for the parade, so I thought we'd shut up early — J.G.Cozzens > or down < plants cut down the number of their employees and in many cases shut down entirely — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < force newspapers to accept censorship or shut down — Time > • - shut one's eyes - shut one's face - shut one's mouth - shut the door - shut up shop II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English schett, from shutten, shetten, shitten, v. — more at shut I 1. : a device used in shutting or closing: a. archaic : bolt, bar b. chiefly dialect : shutter c. : a door or plate used to close an opening 2. : the act or time of shutting < at shut of evening > 3. : the line or place of union at a welded joint 4. : cold shut III. adjective Etymology: from past participle of shut (I) 1. : closed, fastened, or folded together < the shut door was blank against the summer sunlight — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < listened with shut eyes > < has her mind shut against all other civilizations — Nora Waln > < a terrible, white shut face — S.V.Benét > 2. : rid, clear, free — usually used with of < I thought I'd never get shut of him > < would soon be shut of them all — Hervey Allen > IV. \ˈshət, ˈshu̇t, ˈshet\ chiefly dialect variant of shoot
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