shut
verb[IorT]
uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/present participleshutting|past tense and past participleshutshutverb[I or T](CLOSE)
A2
to (causeto)closesomething:
（使）关闭Please shut thegate.请关上大门。
I've got asurprisefor you! Shutyoureyestightlyandholdoutyourhand.我要给你一个惊喜！紧紧闭上眼睛，伸出你的手。
Mary shut herbookand put it down on thetable.玛丽合上书，把它放在了桌子上。
Thiswindowwon't shut - it'sjammed.窗户关不上——它卡住了。
to close
- closeCan you close the door behind you?
- shutI shut the door so the cat couldn't get out.
- snap shutHe snapped his briefcase shut and walked out of the office.
- click shutThe door clicked shut.
- slamPlease don't slam the door.
- Could you shut thedoor,please?
- Thisdoorwon't shutproperly.
- I'dbettercheckthat I've shut thewindowsbefore Ileave.
- I can't get thisdrawerto shut.
- I shut myeyesfor theviolentscenes.
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- bung
- choke
- closet
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- gum
- sealsomethingin
- sealsomethingoff
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
shutverb[I or T](STOP OPERATING)
A2
to (causeto)stopoperatingor being inservice, eithertemporarilyorpermanently:
（使）停止运转；（使）停止营业Theshopsshut at eight o'clock onWednesdayevenings.商店每周三晚上8点钟打烊。
It's such ashamethey shut thatfactory(down).真可惜，他们关闭了那家工厂。
to stop operating permanently
- close downWith sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another.
- closeMany of the shops in the High Street have closed recently.
- shut downThe bookshop is shutting down after 25 years of business.
- shutUKSeveral of the bank's local branches are shutting.
- shut up shopUKThe seaside businesses all shut up shop during the winter.
- go/put out of businessMy favourite ice cream shop went out of business last summer.
- UK Theshopis shutting in fiveminutes.
- UK All theshopshave shut down.
- Thebarsall shut atmidnight.
- Whattimedoes therestaurantshut?
- Helosthisjobwhen they shut thefactorydown.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue
Idioms
shut the front door!
shutyoureyes tosomething
shutyourmouth/face
shut up shop
Phrasal verbs
shutsomeoneaway
shutsomethingaway
shutyourselfaway
shut(something)down
shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
shutsomethinginsomething
shut(something)off
shutsomethingoff
shutyourselfoff
shutsomeone/somethingout
shutsomethingout
shutsomeoneout
shut(someone)up
shutsomeone/somethingup
shut(something)up
shut
adjective[after verb]
uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/B1
closed:
关闭的，关上的Isuspectedsomething waswrongwhen Inoticedhercurtainswere still shut atlunchtime.我发现午饭时间她的窗帘还拉着，就怀疑出了什么事。
figurativeThegovernmentought to haveopenedthedoortoJapaneseinvestmentinsteadofslammingit shut.政府应该向日本的投资敞开大门而不是让其吃闭门羹。
See also
open-and-shut
- Thedoorclickedshut behind her.
- Half thetimeyou go around withyoureyesshut.
- Herbedroomdoorwas shut so Iassumedshe was inbed.
- Thewindowslammedshut with aloudbang.
- Thelidof theboxsprangshut.
Open and closed
- airtight
- ajar
- barred
- closed
- crack
- gaping
- hermetically sealed
- hour
- latch
- off-hours
- open
- out of hoursidiom
- patency
- sealed
- to
- unbarricaded
- undone
- unopened
- wide-eyed