shutter
noun[C]
uk/ˈʃʌt.ər/us/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/shutternoun[C](PHOTOGRAPHY)
thepartof acamerathatopenstemporarilytoallowlighttoreachthefilmwhen aphotographis being taken
(照相机的)快门MR. WUTTISAK PROMCHOO/Moment/GettyImages
Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- bokeh
- camera
- camera obscura
- expose
- glossy
- grain
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holographic
- holography
- kinetoscope
- pap
- pic
- picture
- PillCam
- pin-up
- pinhole camera
- projection
shutternoun[C](WINDOW COVER)
awoodencoveron theoutsideof awindowthatpreventslightorheatfrom going into aroomorheatfromleavingit:
(窗户的)活动遮板,护窗板Shutters usually come inpairsand arehunglikedoorsonhinges.窗戶遮板通常是成对的,像门一样挂在铰链上。
Urs Flueeler/EyeEm/GettyImages
ametalcoveringthatprotectsthewindowsandentranceof ashopfromthieveswhen it isclosed
(窗户的)防护栏;卷帘铁门Serjio74/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
Parts of buildings: windows & parts of windows
- architrave
- bay window
- bi-fold
- bow window
- casement
- fanlight
- glasssomethingin/over
- glaze
- glazed
- glazing
- mullioned
- multi-paned
- pane
- picture window
- rose window
- skylight
- storm window
- transom
- triple glazing
- window ledge
shutter
verb[T]
uk/ˈʃʌt.ər/us/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/toclosethe shutterscoveringawindow:
People are shutteringtheirwindowsandbarringtheirdoors.
All thehouseshadtheirwindowsshuttered.
toclosedown abusinessoractivity:
Some automakers aretemporarilyshutteringplantsinresponsetofallingdemand.
I amthinkingof shuttering myFacebookaccountfor good.
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.
- Shopkeepersshutteredtheirstores.
- The U. N.shuttered37schoolsbecause of thefighting.
- Thecompanyis shuttering afactoryatitsmainproductionfacility.
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
- shut
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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