| 单词 | shut up |
| 释义 | shut upSEE SYNONYMS FOR shut up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)(tr) to prevent all access to (tr) to confine or imprison informal to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands (intr) (of horses in a race) to cease through exhaustion from maintaining a racing pace VIDEO FOR SHUT UPWATCH NOW: How Shut Up Became So MeanMORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Words nearby shut upshuttle, shuttle armature, shuttlecock, shuttlecraft, shuttle diplomacy, shut up, Shvernik, shwa, shwe-shwe, shy, shy away from Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with shut upshut up Imprison, confine, enclose, as in The dog was shut up in the cellar for the night, or She shut up her memories and never talked about the past. [c. 1400] Close completely, as in The windows were shut up tightly so no rain came in. [Early 1500s] This usage also occurs in shut up shop, meaning “close the premises of a business,” as in It's late, let's shut up shop now. [Late 1500s] Also see close up, def. 3. Cause someone to stop speaking, silence someone, as in It's time someone shut him up. [Early 1800s] Stop speaking, as in I've told you what I think and now I'll shut up. This usage also occurs as a rather rude imperative, as in Shut up! You've said enough. [First half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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