| 单词 | shut in |
| 释义 | shut in1. phrasal verb If you shut someone or something in a room, you close the door so that they cannot leave it. The door enables us to shut the birds in the shelter in bad weather. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in. After one particular bad result, he shut himself in the shower room for an hour. [V pron-refl P n] He shut himself in his office, telling his secretary to hold all calls. [V pron-refl P n] 3. See also shut-in See full dictionary entry for shutshut-inWord forms: plural shut-ins countable noun A shut-in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. [US] ...Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut-ins. shut-in in British Englishnoun 1. mainly US and Canadian a. a person confined indoors by illness b. (as modifier) a shut-in patient 2. psychiatry a condition in which the person is highly withdrawn and unable to express his or her own feelings See also schizoid shut in in American English to surround or enclose; hem in shut-in in American English (ʃʌtˌɪn) adjective 1. confined to one's home, an institution, etc. by illness or infirmity 2. inclined to shun others; withdrawn noun US 3. an invalid who is shut-in Examples of 'shut-in' in a sentence |
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