shutter
noun /ˈʃʌtə(r)/
/ˈʃʌtər/
Idioms - enlarge imageenlarge image[usually plural] one of a pair of wooden or metal covers that can be closed over the outside of a window to keep out light or protect the windows from damage
活动护窗；百叶窗 - to open/close the shutters
打开／关上护窗 - They explored, throwing open the shutters in each of the big rooms.
他们探索着，打开了每个大房间的百叶窗。 - (British English, figurative) More than 70 000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters (= close down their businesses) in the past year.
去年，有 7 万多家商店被迫关了门。
Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1- Daylight was filtering through the shutters when he woke up.
他醒来时阳光透过百叶窗射进来。 - He threw open the shutters to cool the room.
他拉开百叶窗让房间进点儿凉风。 - She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed shutters.
能看见她在半开的百叶窗后等着他。 - The store had put up the shutters for the night.
夜幕降临，商店打烊了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closed
- open
- metal
- …
- have
- fling open
- fold back
- …
- be down
- come down
- behind shutter a/the
- through shutter a/the
- to open/close the shutters
- the part of a camera that opens to allow light to pass through the lens when you take a photograph
（照相机的）快门 - the quiet click of the shutter
快门轻轻的咔嗒声
- You will need a fast shutter speed to photograph racing.
拍赛跑照片需要较高的快门速度。 - As the princess approached you could hear hundreds of camera shutters clicking.
随着公主的走近，你能听到几百架相机快门咔嚓作响。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- camera
- click
- press
- click
- speed
- button
- release
- …
- the quiet click of the shutter
Idioms
bring/put down the shutters
- to stop letting somebody know what your thoughts or feelings are; to stop letting yourself think about something
掩藏自己的思想感情；锁上心扉；不再想某件事 - He brought down the shutters on the image of the dying girl.
他关闭了那个垂死女孩的百叶窗。 - I could feel the shutters coming down in her mind.
我能感觉到她心里的那扇门在慢慢关闭。
- He brought down the shutters on the image of the dying girl.