| 单词 | shut |
| 释义 | shut /shut/, v. , shut, shutting, adj. , n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night. 3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window! 4. to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage. 5. to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. 6. to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June. 7. to bolt; bar. v.i. 8. to become shut or closed; close. 9. shut down, a. to settle over so as to envelop or darken: The fog shut down rapidly. b. to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations. c. Also, shut down on or upon. Informal. to hinder; check; stop. 10. shut in, a. to enclose. b. to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks. 11. shut off, a. to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off. b. to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization. 12. shut out, a. to keep from entering; exclude. b. to hide from view. c. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball. 13. shut up, a. to imprison; confine. b. to close entirely. c. to stop talking; become silent: I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep. d. to stop (someone) from talking; silence. adj. 14. closed; fastened up: a shut door. 15. Phonet. checked. 16. shut of, Informal. free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts. n. 17. the act or time of shutting or closing. 18. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united. [bef. 1000; ME schutten, OE scyttan to bolt (a door); akin to SHOOT] Syn. 1. See close. 4. jail, imprison, cage. 5. prohibit. Ant. 1. open. |
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