单词 | to shut a shop |
释义 | > as lemmasto shut a shop a. To prevent access to or egress from (a place, building, etc.) by closing the doors or apertures. Now rare (superseded by to shut up 5 at Phrasal verbs) except in to shut a shop. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) steeka1250 shut1340 to shut in1390 spear1445 seclude1451 to shut up1530 mure1550 block1630 lock1773 to lock up1824 seal1931 to sew up1962 to lock down1980 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 154 Þanne is þe castel ziker and ysset. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds v. 23 We founden the prisoun schit with al diligence. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 286v The Troians shytted her Cyte. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke iv. f. lxxixv In the dayes off Helyas, when hevyn was shet thre yeres and syxe monethes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 56 Being Holiday the Beggers shop is shut . View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. viii. 336 This latter [sc. the Feuillant Club],..she,..has the satisfaction to see shut. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 241 Rob the Grinder made his own bed, preparatory to shutting the shop. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxxviii. 324 Bank-Holiday with the shops of London shut. < as lemmas |
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