shut
verb /ʃʌt/
/ʃʌt/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they shut | /ʃʌt/ /ʃʌt/ |
| he / she / it shuts | /ʃʌts/ /ʃʌts/ |
| past simple shut | /ʃʌt/ /ʃʌt/ |
| past participle shut | /ʃʌt/ /ʃʌt/ |
| -ing form shutting | /ˈʃʌtɪŋ/ /ˈʃʌtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to close something; to become closed
关闭；关上；合上 - The window won't shut.
这窗子关不上。 - The doors open and shut automatically.
这些门都是自动开关的。 - The door shuts and locks behind her.
门在她身后关上并锁上了。 - shut something Philip went into his room and shut the door behind him.
菲利普进了自己的房间，随手把门关上。 - I can't shut my suitcase—it's too full.
我的手提箱合不上，装得太满了。 - She shut her eyes and fell asleep immediately.
她闭上眼，立刻就睡着了。 - He shut his book and looked up.
他合上书，抬起头来。
- The window won't shut.
- [intransitive, transitive] (British English) when a shop, restaurant, etc. shuts or when somebody shuts it, it stops being open for business and you cannot go into it
（使）停止营业，关门，打烊 - The bank shuts at 4.
那家银行 4 点钟关门。 - What time do the shops shut on Saturday?
星期六商店什么时候关门？ - We left the hotel only to discover that the whole city shuts at 10.30.
我们离开酒店，却发现整个城市都在10:30关门。 - The factory is going to shut next year.
这家工厂将于明年关闭。 - shut something We decided to shut the cafe early as there were no customers.
因为没有顾客，我们决定早点关门。 - They're going to shut two plants in Texas and fire 2 240 workers.
他们将关闭德克萨斯州的两家工厂，解雇2 240名工人。
Which Word? close / shutclose / shutYou can close and shut doors, windows, your eyes, mouth, etc.- Shut can suggest more noise and is often found in phrases such as slammed shut, banged shut, snapped shut.
shut 可含发出较大声音之义，常见于 slammed shut、banged shut、snapped shut（砰的一声关上）等短语中。 - Shut is also usually used for containers such as boxes, suitcases, etc.
关上盒子、手提箱等亦常用 shut。 - To talk about the time when shops, offices, etc. are not open, use close or shut:
商店、办事处等停业或不办公用 close 或 shut 均可： - What time do the banks close/shut?
银行什么时候关门？ - A strike has shut the factory.
罢工使工厂停业。
亦可用 closed 或 shut（美式英语常用 closed）表示： - The store is closed/shut today.
这家商店今天不营业。
- What time do the banks close/shut?
- Closed is used in front of a noun, but shut is not:
- a closed window.
关着的窗户
- a closed window.
- We usually use closed about roads, airports, etc:
道路封闭、机场关闭等常用 closed： - The road is closed because of the snow.
这条路因下雪而封闭。
- The road is closed because of the snow.
- Close is also used in formal English to talk about ending a meeting or conversation.
close 亦用于正式英语中，表示结束会议或谈话。
关门、关窗、闭眼、闭嘴等用 close 或 shut 均可。 - The bank shuts at 4.
词源Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot.
Idioms
close/shut the door on something
- to make it unlikely that something will happen
使不可能；拒…于门外；把…的门堵死 - She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.
她小心翼翼不让进一步谈判的大门关上。
- She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.
keep your mouth shut
- (informal) to not talk about something to somebody because it is a secret or because it will upset or annoy them
守口如瓶；保持缄默 - I've warned them to keep their mouths shut about this.
我警告过他们对此事要守口如瓶。 - Now she's upset—why couldn't you keep your mouth shut?
瞧她现在心烦意乱的样子，你就不能闭上嘴？ - The athletes were warned to keep their mouths shut about politics.
运动员被警告不要谈论政治。
- I've warned them to keep their mouths shut about this.
shut/slam the door in somebody’s face
- to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in
将某人拒之门外；让某人吃闭门羹 - to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way
拒绝同某人谈话；拒绝见某人
shut/close the door on something
- to make it unlikely that something will happen
使不可能；拒…于门外；把…的门堵死 - She was careful not to shut the door on the possibility of further talks.
她小心翼翼地不关闭进一步会谈的可能性。
- She was careful not to shut the door on the possibility of further talks.
shut/close your ears to something
- to refuse to listen to something
（对…）充耳不闻，置之不理 - She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
她拿定主意对所有的谣言置之不理。
- She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
shut/close your eyes to something
- to pretend that you have not noticed something so that you do not have to deal with it
（对…）视而不见，熟视无睹，置若罔闻 - You can't just close your eyes to his violence.
你不能对他的暴力视而不见。 - They seem intent on shutting their eyes to the problems of pollution.
他们似乎一心想对污染问题视而不见。
- You can't just close your eyes to his violence.
shut your mouth/face!
- (slang) a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking
（粗暴地要某人停止说话）住口，闭嘴
shut up shop
- (British English, informal) to close a business permanently or to stop working for the day
停业；关张；倒闭；打烊
with your eyes shut/closed
- very easily, without thinking about it
轻车熟路；毫不费力 - I've made this trip so often, I could do it with my eyes shut.
我经常走这条路，闭着眼睛都能找到。
- I've made this trip so often, I could do it with my eyes shut.